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

Hirschman, Elizabeth Caldwell; Yates, Donald N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786476842 ISBN 13: 9780786476848

Publisher: McFarland, 2014

Synopsis

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 1290, 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 as archbishops, dukes, earls, kings and queens. Among those proposed to be of Jewish ancestry are the Tudor kings and queens, Queen Elizabeth I, William the Conqueror, and Thomas Cromwell. Documentaton in support of this revisionist history includes DNA studies, genealogies, church records, place names and the Domesday Book.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman is a professor of marketing at the University of Virginia-Wise. She has written widely on genealogy, marketing and ethnic identity. Donald N. Yates is an American genealogist, cultural historian and DNA investigator. He is the author of Old World Roots of the Cherokee (McFarland, 2012). He lives in Colorado. For more information, visit donaldyates.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0786476842
• ISBN 13: 9780786476848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252