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

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The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales: A Genetic and Genealogical History - Hirschman, Elizabeth Caldwell, and Yates, Donald N.
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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 ...

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The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales: A Genetic and Genealogical History 2014, McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC

ISBN-13: 9780786476848

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