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King's Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London

King's Converts: Jewish Conversion in Medieval London

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General Christian Living

ISBN10: 1498589200
ISBN13: 9781498589208
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Nov 26 2018
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

In the Middle Ages, Jews who converted to Christianity occupied a shadowy and often dangerous place between the two religions. Rejected by their former community, and sometimes not accepted fully as Christians, converts were often destitute and at the mercy of noble benefactors. Only in London was there an official, royally sanctioned and funded, policy of conversion. When Henry III founded the Domus Conversorum, in 1232, he created a unique institution, one intended to house, protect, and instruct converts from Judaism.


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