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The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales: A Genetic and Genealogical History
Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
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Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 1310, 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 we propose were of Jewish ancestry are the Tudor kings, William the ... Read more
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 1310, 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 we propose were of Jewish ancestry are the Tudor kings, William the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
McFarland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786476848
SKU
V9780786476848
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About Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
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 Phoenix, USA.
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