The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales: A Genetic and Genealogical History

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Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman Donald N. Yates

The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales

A Genetic and Genealogical History

Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates

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McFarland & Co Inc
30 May 2014

General & world history; Religion & beliefs; Jewish studies

This book proposes that Jews were present in England in substantial numbers from the Roman Conquest forward. Indeed, there has never been a time during which a large Jewish-descended, and later Muslim-descended, population has been absent from England. Contrary to popular history, the Jewish population was not expelled from England in 1310, but rather adopted the public face of Christianity, while continuing to practice Judaism in secret. Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Muslims held the highest offices in the land, including service as archbishops, dukes, earls, kings and queens. Among those we propose were of Jewish ancestry are the Tudor kings, William the Conqueror, and Thomas Cromwell. Documentaton in support of this revisionist history includes contemporary DNA studies, genealogies, church records, place names and the Domesday Book.

By: Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 249mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 457g
ISBN: 9780786476848
ISBN 10: 0786476842
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 30 May 2014
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Introduction (with Inscription from William Blake’s “Jerusalem”) 1. The First Jews in Britain 2. Black Swan: Sepharad in Post–Roman Britain 3. Saxons, Vikings and Muslims 4. Contextualizing the Normans 5. Who Was Jewish in the Conqueror’s England 6. More Domesday Jews and Arabs 7. The Jews in England 1066–1290 8. A Necessary Excursion to Wales 9. The Irony of It All: English Jews and Muslims 1300–1450 10. Enter the Tudors 1450–1550 11. Philo-Semitism 1550–1700 12. Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe Epilogue Appendix A. Jewish DNA Hot Spots Appendix B. Post–Conquest and Angevin Jews Appendix C. London Merchants 1300–1500 Chapter Notes References Index

Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman is a professor of marketing at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and a professor at the University of Virginia-Wise. She has written widely on genealogy and ethnic identity. Donald N. Yates is an American genealogist, cultural historian and DNA investigator. He lives in Phoenix, USA.