Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales

A Genetic and Genealogical History

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates

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This book proposes that Jews were present in England in substantial numbers from the Roman Conquest forward. Indeed, there has never been a time during which a large Jewish-descended, and later Muslim-descended, population has been absent from England. Contrary to popular history, the Jewish population was not expelled from England in 1290, but rather adopted the public face of Christianity, while continuing to practice Judaism in secret. Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Muslims held the highest offices in the land, including service as archbishops, dukes, earls, kings and queens. Among those proposed to be of Jewish ancestry are the Tudor kings and queens, Queen Elizabeth I, William the Conqueror, and Thomas Cromwell. Documentaton in support of this revisionist history includes DNA studies, genealogies, church records, place names and the Domesday Book.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-05-13
Mått175 x 249 x 15 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786476848

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Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman is a professor of marketing at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and a professor at the University of Virginia–Wise. She has written widely on genealogy and ethnic identity. Donald N. Yates is an American genealogist, cultural historian and DNA investigator. He lives in Longmont, Colorado. For more information visit his official site at www.donaldyates.com.

Table of ContentsIntroduction (with Inscription from William Blake’s “Jerusalem”)1. The First Jews in Britain2. Black Swan: Sepharad in Post–Roman Britain3. Saxons, Vikings and Muslims4. Contextualizing the Normans5. Who Was Jewish in the Conqueror’s England6. More Domesday Jews and Arabs7. The Jews in England 1066–12908. A Necessary Excursion to Wales9. The Irony of It All: English Jews and Muslims 1300–145010. Enter the Tudors 1450–155011. Philo-Semitism 1550–170012. Daniel Defoe and Robinson CrusoeEpilogueAppendix A. Jewish DNA Hot SpotsAppendix B. Post–Conquest and Angevin JewsAppendix C. London Merchants 1300–1500Chapter NotesReferencesIndex