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Because of hostility, Jews found it hard to earn a living by farming, and sometimes they were the victims of violence. Rulers took their property at will. Jews became bankers and moneylenders (usury).
An even larger number went into marginal areas of the economy, such as buying and selling secondhand clothes.
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The Jews were largely excluded from the feudal system and from society.
1096 - Some 'Crusaders' exploited the religious fanaticism of the times to rob and murder Jews - and try to force the survivors to convert to Christianity. There were widespread massacres of Jews in the Rhineland.
1144 onwards - The Jews in various places were accused of ritual murder. These accusations were often followed by anti-Jewish riots and killings.
1215 - The Church ordered governments to pass laws to make the Jews wear a distinctive badge on their outer clothing (usually a red or yellow wheel or the Star of David).
1290 - All Jews ordered by Edward I to leave England. No reason is recorded. Some were murdered on their way out of the country.
1348-51 - During the Black Death, Jews in many places were accused of causing the plague by poisoning wells.
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Who mistreated the Jews in the holocaust?
Adolf Hitler and his followers, the Nazis.
Where did the Ashkenazi people originate from?
The Askenazim are the Jews who descend from the Jews in medieval Germany who migrated into central and eventually eastern Europe. The Yiddish word for Germany was Askenaz. The secular language of the Ashkenazim was Yiddish, a medieval form of German, mixed with Hebrew, and later also with Slavic words, that was written with Hebrew characters.
What group was sometimes blamed when an outbreak of a disease occured in medieval Europe?
The Jews were the ones who got blamed for outbreaks of diseases. People accused them of poisoning the wells. Which is not true.
Institutions that became less common in medieval Europe?
schools became less common in medieval Europe
Was there female knights in medieval Europe?
No.
Why did attitudes toward jews change in medieval europe?
In medieval times, Jews were utterly mistreated.
How Jews often mistreated in medieval Europe?
How were Jews often missed treated in midieval Europe
Why did attitudes toward Jews change in medieval?
In medieval times, Jews were utterly mistreated.
How were Jews often mistreated in medieval Europe?
They had laws that made it very hard for Jews to make a living, and how they couldn't own any land.
Jews under Christian rule in Medieval Europe?
catholic rule not christian
Why were Jews blamed for murder in England in 1290?
It was one of many blood-libels in medieval Europe and was an excuse to kill Jews.
When Jews were blamed for the troubles in Medieval Europe this hatred of the Jews was called?
Today we call it anti-Semitism. At that time, the phrase hadn't yet been coined.
Who mistreated the Jews in the holocaust?
Adolf Hitler and his followers, the Nazis.
Where did the Ashkenazi people originate from?
The Askenazim are the Jews who descend from the Jews in medieval Germany who migrated into central and eventually eastern Europe. The Yiddish word for Germany was Askenaz. The secular language of the Ashkenazim was Yiddish, a medieval form of German, mixed with Hebrew, and later also with Slavic words, that was written with Hebrew characters.
Give an example of how Russian Jews were mistreated in their home country?
The 1919 progroms against the Jews in Odessa, the Ukraine.
What was medieval life in Europe was characterized by?
Medieval life in Europe was characterized by?
What group took refuge in Poland during the late Middle Age?
The people who took refuge in Poland during the Late Middle Ages were Jews form various parts of Western Europe. There is a link to an article on the history of Jews in medieval Poland below.
