It must be said that being Jewish in the medieval period was challenging – to put it mildly. The fortunes of Jews at this time varied dramatically but on the whole, things were not good. From the late Roman period,…
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Category: Templar History
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The relationship between the Jews and the Knights Templar was complex with the knights protecting Jewish people
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Category: Templar History
Tags: anti-semitism, blood libel, Edward I, england, hugh of lincoln, jew, jews, Knight Templar, Koppin, lending, Lincoln, medieval, middle ages, money, Oliver Cromwell, persecution, pogrom, Templar, templars, usury, zion
A grim reminder of the pogroms that accompanied the crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries in Europe has been the gruesome discovery in England of seventeen skeletons in a medieval well. The skeletons, jumbled together, have been subjected to…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: anti-semitism, blood libel, Catholic, faith, History of the Jews in Hungary, hugh of lincoln, hungary, Islam, jew, jews, Jobbik, judaism, norwich, pogrom, Politics of Hungary, Prioress' Tale, Templar, william of norwich