Synopses & Reviews
Oliver Cromwell's readmission of the Jews to England in 1656 has traditionally been regarded as a watershed in the history of the Jews in England; the culmination of a Christian enthusiasm for Jewish ideas which had been gathering strength since the Reformation. As well as providing a critical account of the historiography of readmission as a definitive act of toleration, this book reinterprets Christian philosemitism of the early modern period in the context of historically specific religious and political debates.
Synopsis
Oliver Cromwell's readmission of the Jews to England in 1656 has traditionally been regarded as a watershed in the history of the Jews in England. As well as providing a critical account of the historiography of readmission as a definitive act of toleration, this book reinterprets Christian philosemitism of the early modern period.
Synopsis
This book is a revisionist account of Christian philosemitism in the context of late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century religious and political debates.
About the Author
ELIANE GLASER completed a Ph.D. at Birkbeck College, London before joining the BBC. She now works as a radio producer, historian and writer. This is her first book.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Anglo-Jewish History and Early Modern England * Puritans and Judaism: From Scholarship to Sedition * Anglicans and Judaism: From Ceremony to Legalism * Religious Toleration: Jews and Jewish Precedents in the Christian Church and State * Contesting Readmission: Common Law and the English Constitution * Conclusion * Bibliography