This is a detailed study of Jewish settlement and of seven different Jewish communities in England between 1262 and 1290, offering in addition a new consideration of the prelude to Edward I's expulsion of the Jews in 1290.

The story of how England's kings first courted, then persecuted, and finally expelled England's Jewish community during the Middle Ages.

Accounts of specific communities and themes build to a comprehensive picture of Jews in England C11 - C13.

Considers the Jews of medieval England as victims of violence (notably the massacre of Shabbat haGadol when York's Jewish community perished at Clifford's Tower) and as a people apart, isolated amidst a hostile environment. This title presents a picture of a lost society which had much to contribute and yet was turned away in 1290.