Caricatured Jewish people are accosted by a demon in this antisemitic sketch, which was drawn in the margin of an English revenue record and dated to 1233.Credit: The National Archives (E 401/1565)
Caricatured Jewish people are accosted by a demon in this antisemitic sketch, which was drawn in the margin of an English revenue record and dated to 1233.Credit: The National Archives (E 401/1565)
Since one wouldn’t contaminate one’s own working well it can be assumed the victims were thrown down a well in their own community “to send a message”
This was doing the period of Edward I? He expelled the Jews from England, in part to steal their wealth and void his debts to Jewish moneylenders. I believe he also got clerical blessing for doing this as it did allow Jews who apostasised to remain providing they surrendered almost all their wealth.
The money and other salables stolen from the Jews aided Edward in financing his wars in France and Scotland.
“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” - James Joyce. Ulysses
A mass burial of 17 people over 55 years???
Conclusions About Ancient Populations May be Drastically Wrong Due to Dodgy Method
If this person is right we may have to throw out many lovely theories.
80% of the Jewish immigrants to the US are Ashkenazi Jews.
