immigration-topic 1

Medieval Britain

which king invited Jews to England from Normandy in the 1070?

William the conqueror

in which year did William the conqueror invite Jews to England?

1070

which England city had an establish Jewish community by 1250?

Lincoln

what did many Jewish Migrants work as in medieval England because they were banned from other jobs?

MoneyLenders

what did English kings fund using money they borrowed from Jewish moneylenders?

churches, castles and cathedrals

what was usury?

the action of lending money and charging interest

after usury became more tolerated, which king invited Italian bankers to England?

Henry III

What was ‘blood libel’?

when Jewish communities were falsely accused of killing Christians as a ritual

how many jews were hanged for the Lincoln blood libel in 1225?

18

how many Jews were randomly arrested for the Lincoln blood libel in 1225?

91

which king expelled all Jews from England in 1290?

Edward I

what was the name of the law passed by Edward I to expel all jews from England?

The Edict of Expulsion

how many Jews were expelled from England in 1290?

3,000

what is Antisemitism?

hatred or discrimination towards Jewish people

what is a pogrom?

an organised violent attack on Jewish people

merchants

people who bought and sold goods and traded across Europe

official responses

actions taken by the government or king

persecute

to treat a group unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time

unofficial responses

reactions of ordinary people

weavers

skilled workers who made cloth by weaving wool

Edward III

English king who encouraged Flemish Migration to England in 1330

export

a product sold to another country, such as English wool

Guilds

organisations that controlled skilled trades, setting rules about training and wages

Flemish migrants

people who migrated to England from the low countries