This cartoon was drawn on an English tax roll of 1233 (click to enlarge), and it was posted as part of a school lesson at the National Archives of the UK. The three-faced character at the top is not the king, but a Jewish moneylender of Norwich named Isaac fil Jurnet. His leading debt collectors were two other Jews named Mosse Mokke and his wife Abigail. The cartoon probably gives a fair idea of how English Christians felt about Jews and their businesses.
Monday, October 11, 2010
The Jews of Medieval Norwich
This cartoon was drawn on an English tax roll of 1233 (click to enlarge), and it was posted as part of a school lesson at the National Archives of the UK. The three-faced character at the top is not the king, but a Jewish moneylender of Norwich named Isaac fil Jurnet. His leading debt collectors were two other Jews named Mosse Mokke and his wife Abigail. The cartoon probably gives a fair idea of how English Christians felt about Jews and their businesses.
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