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amounts of of Jewish property each year Instead of of inheritance money going to to their children after death it it went to to to the the the the Crown Crown As the the the the Crown Crown continued to to to exploit the the the Jews Jewish lenders lenders had no choice but to to to sell
off their debt to to other lenders lenders who were far stricter but Jews still got the the the blame for wealthy people’s worsening financial hardships Eventually the Jews were banned from charging interest altogether by Edward I in in in 1275 In 1290 Edward had run up such large debts through wars abroad he needed to negotiate a a a a a a a a a a a financial settlement with parliament It remains a a a a a a a a a stain on on English history that in in in order to to to get parliament’s permission for a a a a a a a a a loan Edward decided to to barter the entire Jewish population and and expel them from England Jews didn’t return to England England until 1656 when Oliver Cromwell made a a a a promise for Jews to to return allowing them to to integrate properly in in in English society and practice their faith freely The badge
One of of of the the most controversial laws of of of 1222 which is is is disturbingly reminiscent of of of the the the the darkest period in in in the the the 20th century was the the the requirement for Jews Jews to to wear badges Rome took this idea from what Christians and Jews Jews had experienced under Muslim control where both groups or ‘People of the the Book’ as they were known lived under under Sharia under under dhimmi status Following the church’s edict in in in 1217 King Henry III ordered male Jews to wear a a a a a a badge
made on on on the the the the front of their outer garments Rather than stand up to such nonsense the the the the church in in England shamefully gave legitimacy to to this discrimination In 1275 fifteen years before the the Jewish expulsion King Edward I I instructed the the the wearing of badges for for Jews fully implementing what the the church had called for for decades earlier He even specified the the the colour of of the the the badge
and its size Jews over the the the age of of of seven were required to wear a a a a a a piece of of of yellow taffeta six fingers long and and three wide over the the the the left chest of of of the the the the outer garment and and and depicted the the the the the Tablets of of the the the the the Law (the Ten Commandments) 22 CUFI ORG UK
A miniature on an an English medieval manuscript shows Jews wearing a a a a a a a a a a yellow badge
in in in the shape of two tablets whilst being beaten