The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . CHAPTER XII. THE FROWN AND THE CURSE IN ENGLAND, ITALY,AND FRANCE. The reader will have had a surfeit of tragedy inthe details that have been given of Hebrew tribula-tions in Spain and Germany, but whoso tells thestory faithfully must give yet more. The treatmentaccorded the Jews by Englishmen was no kinder,though the persecution was less colossal, from thefact that the number of victims was smaller. TheIsraelites probably came to Britain in the Romanday, antedating, therefore, in their occupation, theSaxon conquerors, by two or three centuries
The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . CHAPTER XII. THE FROWN AND THE CURSE IN ENGLAND, ITALY,AND FRANCE. The reader will have had a surfeit of tragedy inthe details that have been given of Hebrew tribula-tions in Spain and Germany, but whoso tells thestory faithfully must give yet more. The treatmentaccorded the Jews by Englishmen was no kinder,though the persecution was less colossal, from thefact that the number of victims was smaller. TheIsraelites probably came to Britain in the Romanday, antedating, therefore, in their occupation, theSaxon conquerors, by two or three centuries, andthe Normans by perhaps a thousand years. Withthe beginnings of English history their presence canbe traced, the inevitable proscription appearing asfar back as the time of the. Heptarchy. Saxonstrove with Briton, and Dane with Saxon, and allalike were at enmity with the Jew. Canute banishedthem to the Continent, where they took refuge inNormandy, and were well received. With theconquering William they returned to England, andfor a time were
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