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Being Jewish in the Middle Ages
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,…
Read MoreToledo – former capital of Spain – photos from my visit
I visited Toledo in 2010 and spent a lovely couple of days in this medieval city. Fascinating place because you really sense the Christian, Jewish and Muslim heritage of Al-Andalus in modern Spain. Toledo was once a jewel in the…
Read MoreSeventeen Jewish bodies found in medieval well in England
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…
Read MoreThe senseless massacre of Jews during the Crusades
Crusades began with the senseless massacre of Jewish people in Europe identified by mobs as being infidels like the Saracens
Read MoreDesposyni – the blood line of Jesus – defended by the Knights Templar
What is the bloodline of Jesus and why are the Knights Templar linked to the idea that Jesus Christ had a family and descendants
Read MoreUsury and the Knights Templar
The differences and similarities between Jewish moneylenders and the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages
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