Why did King Edward I expel the Jews from his kingdom?

2017-09-03 11:47 pm

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2017-09-04 11:16 pm
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The Edict of Expulsion was issued by King Edward I of England on
18th July 1290, and it resulted in the expulsion of all Jews from
England. This was the culmination of over 200 years of increasing
persecution of the Jews, who had acquired a reputation as extortionate
moneylenders, which made them very unpopular with the Church, the nobility,
and the general public. Medieval England was more anti-Jewish than the
rest of Europe. In 1190, more than 100 Jews were massacred in York. The
first step towards expulsion came in 1275, with the Statute of the
Jewry. In 1289, Edward was deeply in debt, so he imposed a heavy tax on all
his knights. To make this more palatable, Edward offered to expel all
Jews from his kingdom, and the Edict of Expulsion was the result. It
was widely popular and it was not resisted by the wider population.
2017-09-04 12:03 am
early Christians could not lend money for profit they couldn't charge the Jews could and did they had a community that prospered got very rich and had a lot of English in great debt to them it was becoming like today the King was being pestered and losing the support of some of his people so he expelled the Jews and all the debts went with them to please his people
2017-09-04 2:58 am
There were two usual reaons. Jews who were in a position to lend money to monarchs did, thinking that these loans were a sure thing. But ruthless monarchs like Philip IV of France would decide to seized all their assets and expel all Jews rather than repay debts. The next main reason was due to popular hostility. Peasants in the medieval period resented anyone who made money without working with their hands. That included merchants, let alone bankers. This resentment ran very deep. It was out of bounds to attack and pillage Christian merchants, but Jews were too often fair game.
2017-09-04 2:22 am
He had borrowed money from 100 Jewish families to pay for his conquest of Wales. When some of them asked for repayment with interest (made illegal in 1275) he had the heads of the families executed. The families were never repaid.

This was the culmination of roughly 200 years of increasing persecution. In 1190, Jews were massacred in Clifford's Tower, York after it became rumoured that Jews murdered children and put blood on their doors every Passover. In 1215, they were required to were an ID, marking them as Jews. This was probably not in the form of a Star of David armband but had a similar purpose.

In 1290, they were exiled in England. England had a population of 2,000 Jews at the time so there was little resistance. Noticeably, there was little violence either. One story from the time is that of a ferry captain who ran his ship aground on a sandbank upon leaving London. He asked his Jewish passengers to get onto the bank to lighten the ship. He then left them to drown.
2017-09-04 12:47 am
Economically, Jews played a key role in the country. The Church then strictly forbade the lending of money for profit. That created a vacuum in the economy of Europe that Jews filled because of extreme discrimination in every other economic area. Canon law was not considered applicable to Jews, and Judaism does not forbid loans with interest between Jews and non-Jews. In consequence, some Jews made large amounts of money. Jews acquired a reputation as extortionate moneylenders, which made them extremely unpopular with both the Church and the general public. While an anti-Jewish attitude was widespread in Europe, medieval England was particularly anti-Jewish. An image of the Jew as a diabolical figure who hated Christ started to become widespread, and myths such as the tale of the Wandering Jew and allegations of ritual murders originated and spread throughout England as well as in Scotland and Wales. By the time he returned to England in 1289, King Edward was deeply in debt. The next summer he summoned his knights to impose a steep tax. To make the tax more palatable, Edward, in exchange, essentially offered to expel all Jews. The heavy tax was passed, and three days later, on 18 July, the Edict of Expulsion was issued. The edict of expulsion was widely popular and met with little resistance, and the expulsion was quickly carried out.
2017-09-09 1:59 am
Racism and anti-Semitism. Myths about Jews moneylenders and ritual murders promoted massacres of hundreds of Jews and expulsion from the British island at the 13th Century. In the 17th Century Jews were permitted to return the Britain.
2017-09-05 12:58 am
B/c he was Christian.
2017-09-03 11:47 pm
Cuz he was racist
2017-09-03 11:51 pm
because he was sensible
2017-09-04 12:02 am
Because the Jews were stealing all the wealth from the crown. Same as today, except it's "anti-Semitic" to expel Jews now so we have to accept it.


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