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First thing to keep in mind is that Shakespeare was never known to have ever met a Jew, so anything he wrote was based on public opinion at the time. Additionally, there were practically no Jews in England for him to meet because England had expelled all the Jews for being Jewish centuries earlier.
The very few Jews who were in England were either actual converts to the Church of England (such as Queen Elizabeth's physician, Rodrigo Lopez, a converted Jew), or pretended to be actual converts. If they were found to be practising Jews they would be treated as heretics just like Catholics.
In general, the church from that time period hated Jews because they accused Jews of killing Jesus (though they didn't), because Jewish moneylenders charged interest (usury) on loans (because Jews were prohibited to do any other form of work by the laws of some countries), blood libels, and for various other unfounded stereotypes that exist to this day - and still result in Jewish deaths, to this day.
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How where foreigners such as the Spanish, Portuguese, the French, the Jews, and the Africans treated in England during Shakespeare's time?
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How was the Jews treated by Christians in Shakespearean time?
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How where the foreigners treated during Shakespeare's time?
How where foreigners such as the Spanish, Portuguese, the French, the Jews, and the Africans treated in England during Shakespeare's time?
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Why were Jews treated with such disdain in Shakespeare's time?
Jews were treated with disdain in Shakespeare's time because Anti-Semitism was quite prevalent. The idea that all people are equal and that each person should be allowed to choose his faith was an idea that did not exist while Shakespeare was alive.
What were the trousers called in shakespeares time?
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What job did a constable do in shakespeares time?
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