REL_ST 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: England In The Middle Ages, Child Murder, Blood Libel
12 Oct 2017
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Jews/christians were free (not enslaved: not forced to convert to muslim; were free to practice judaism/christianity, not ghetto-ized: restricted living area, not banned from certain occupations--also included in gov"t/civil service, but not all positive: . jews/christians second class citizens (dhimmi) i. had to pay a tax (jizya) ii. must acknowledge superiority of islam iii. clothing/badges to mark religious identity iv. not allowed to: give evidence in court, inherit from muslims, or own weapons. Islam and christianity vi. although controversial, was a devout jew and rational philosopher: jews in medieval england. No record of jews in britain prior to william the conqueror in 1066. Jews were ward of the king ; given special privileges and in return offered crown 12391$ . resentment ran high i. privileges envied ii. rights and protection depended on whim of current monarch. No muslims in england, so took out their anger on jews: royal privileges, crusades seem tied to swells in violence.
