The Jews in the History of England, 1485-1850 [Paperback]

The writing of English history has mainly been framed without taking note of the Jewish presence at all; here, for the first time, Jews are shown as an integral part of English religious and social history. David S. Katz examines hitherto unexplored topics such as the Jewish advocates of Henry VIII's divorce and the Jewish conspirators of Elizabethan England, as well as contributing to continuing debate on subjects such as the role of Jewish finance and the emergence of Anglo-Jewish institutions. This extensively researched and readable history of the Jews in England over almost four centuries will be essential reading for those interested in English and Jewish history alike.

Katz...one of the luminaries of Anglo-Jewish scholarship, places the history of the Jews of England squarely within the context of English history. His balanced and penetrating analysis--based on documents in five languages, from five nations and covering a 400-year period--contains information that may very well surprise some readers. --CHOICE

This important, scholarly book forcefully demonstrates that the demarginalization and deghettoization of Anglo-Jewish history serve to enhance our understanding of many central national themes. --he Historian

A detailed and pathbreaking account....This, the third and last part of what can retrospectively be seen as Katz's trilogy...brings to a close what will remain for a very long time the most important archival investigation of Jews in early modern England. --Shakespeare Quarterly

This book will be of great interest not only to Jewish historians, but also to general historians who seek to incorporate the history of minorities such as the Jews into survey or upper-level courses. By striving to explain both the Jewish experience in England and English perceptions of the Jews, Katz has greatly enriched our understanding of both. --Sixteenth Century Journal

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