Introduction Chapter 1 : Colonisation and confinement Chapter 2 : Jews and the economy Chapter 3 : A community within a state? Chapter 4 : Saints and martyrs Chapter 5 : Christians and Jews Chapter 6 : Church and Synagogue Chapter 7 : The final phase
A readable account considering the Jews of medieval England as victims of violence (notably the Clifford's Tower massacre) and as an isolated people.
Dr Robin R Mundill is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History at the University of St Andrews and Head of History at Glenalmond College, Perth. He is a member of the Jewish Historical Society of England. An expert on the Jews of medieval England, he has written books and articles on the subject, and contributed to radio and television documentaries for the BBC and German broadcasters.
From the author of the acclaimed book on the expulsion of the Jews
from England in 1290 we now have a lively account of the Jews
of medieval England. From now on no one will have any excuse for
not including Jews as an integral part of the history of Norman and
Angevin England.
*Dr Anna Sapir Abulafia, University of Cambridge*
The history of medieval English Jews was well-served by earlier
scholars, but as more and more evidence has been sifted and as
technical scholarship has blossomed over the last several decades,
it also became clear that there was a pressing need for a
comprehensive new synthesis. With Robin Mundill's eminently
readable book this need is addressed head on. The arguments he
offers and the insights he provides into the relations of Jews and
Christians in medieval England will be the ones the next generation
of scholars will have to engage if they are to make further
progress on this exciting subject. Mundill's accomplishment is
commendable, and his work will constitute a powerful stimulus to
further research.
*William Chester Jordan, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History,
Princeton University.*
Robin Mundill's new book is a very welcome addition to the
all-too-short shelf of books dealing with the Jews of medieval
England. It reflects Mundill's enviable familiarity with the
manuscript and secondary sources, which he weaves into a
praiseworthy overview of his subject, and presents a readable
picture of how Jews lived in a medieval Christian milieu.
*Dr Zefira Entin Rokéah, Jerusalem*
Mention in Times Higher Education.
Reviewed in Economic History Review
The King's Jews is the product of much research and contains much
information of interest and value. Even experts in the field will
encounter characters and cases they did not know.
*North American Conference on British Studies Vol. 50, No. 4*
The current volume [of this book], with maps and illustrations as
well as glossary, abbreviations, details of money, extensive
endnoters, manuscript sources, bibliography and index, summarizes
in a vivid but basically sound fashion what is known about the
Jewish immigration and the spread of the resultant settlements in
England, the manner in which Jews made their living and some
amassed extensive properties and huge capital, and the relationship
between the monarch and the Jews.
*Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. LXIII, No.1*
It is a sad and sorry tale but is well worth the retelling. There
is no better guide than Robin Mundill ... It is a fascinating
chapter in English history and Mundill does it full justice.
*The Tablet*
'[A] fascinating vision of the Middle Ages ... lively and
engaging.'
*Church Times*
‘Mr Mundill gives us a good survey based on a mastery of surviving
records.'
*Contemporary Review*
‘The author, who is well versed in both the primary and secondary
sources of his subject, writes interestingly about the Jewish
population... Overall, this is a useful book.'
*History*
‘The King's Jews is written with verve and enthusiasm, clarity and
balance. It provides an excellent starting-point for those wishing
to understand not only the factual, historical details of the Jew's
lives, but also the complicated, intricate relationship they had
with the communities from whom they would ultimately be
expelled.'
*History Today*
Robin Mundill's fine volume is an overview for the general reader
of a great deal of innovative scholarship from the last twenty-five
years on Christian-Jewish relations in England.
*Shofar*
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