"I’d never understood how the medieval kings found it so easy
to get the common people to hate the Jews in their midst."
Basically, the only trade open to medieval jews was moneylending.
At the time of the Magna Carta there were three standard rates of
interest, being 22%, 44% and 66% p.a. Maybe this had something to
do with it?
I'll blog a more detailed history of medieval antisemitism for
y'all later this week.
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