Antisemitism in Medieval Europe

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Christians had a problematic relationship with Jewish populations as the Medieval period progressed. Jews were frequently persecuted, targeted and pushed out by societies across Europe. In England, Edward I first issued the edict of expulsion in 1290. It remained illegal to be Jewish in England for 350 years.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Professor Ivan Marcus, author of How the West Became Antisemitic, which shows how Christian and Jewish competition in medieval Europe laid the foundation for modern antisemitism.

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the
0:07.1	podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history. We've got the
0:12.4	most intriguing mysteries, the gob-smacking details
0:16.0	and latest groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the printing press, from Kings to
0:20.9	popes to the Crusades.
0:22.8	We cross centuries and continents
0:24.7	to delve into rebellions, plots and murders,
0:27.8	to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here.
0:32.2	Find out who we really were with gone medieval.
0:38.8	Medieval Christians had a problematic relationship with Jewish populations as the period progressed.
0:44.9	Frequently persecuted, targeted and pushed out by societies across Europe,
0:50.0	they were the focus of hatred and violence. In England, Edward I issued the edict of expulsion in 1290,
0:57.5	and it remained illegal to be Jewish in England for 350 years.
1:03.6	Anti-Semitism is a word that we still hear a lot today too,
1:07.1	but how and when did it emerge in the medieval Christian West.
1:11.6	To try to answer that question, I'm delighted to be joined by Ivan Marcus,
1:14.9	who is the Frederick P Rose Professor of Jewish History at Yale University.
1:19.7	Ivan's new book, How the West Became Anti-Semitic, is available now from Princeton University
1:24.9	Press, and Ivan is joining me to answer some of my questions about this complex topic.
1:30.6	Welcome to God Medieval Ivan.
1:31.6	Thank you.
1:33.0	Good to be here.
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