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GCSE History · key term
People connected by Jewish religion, traditions and communal life. Medieval English Jewish communities maintained synagogues, religious learning and links with Jewish communities overseas.
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Paper 1
Revise: Jewish communitiesBy about 1250, Jewish communities had been established in England for generations. Jews arrived following the Norman Conquest of 1066. During William Rufus’s reign, 1087–1100, they appear to have been encouraged to migrate from Normandy to provide financial services for the government.
Explain the double role of royal government: it offered protection and legal privileges, but also controlled and heavily taxed Jewish communities.
Link causes of expulsion: religious and political pressure increased while taxation and persecution made Jewish communities poorer and less valuable to the Crown.
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