Objections answered.――Bede the first English Writer who mentions
the Jews.――Ecgbright’s Edict.――♦Whitglaff’s.――Edward the
Confessor’s.――William the First invited the Jews.――Two distinct
Colonies of Jews.――The Conqueror’s Policy.――Rufus’s Convocation
of Christian and Jewish Divines.――Stephen, the Jewish Convert.
――The State of the Jews at Oxford.――Jews prosper in the Reign
of Rufus and Henry I.――Eum Crescat and St. ♠Frideswide.――There
was no Peace to the Jews after the Reign of Henry I.――With
the Reign of Stephen the Jewish Troubles commenced.――The Jews
accused of crucifying Christian Children.――Absurd Reasons
assigned for the Use of Christian Blood.――Ecclesiastics already
Jewish Debtors.――The Ecclesiastics incensed the King against
the Jews.――Anecdote of a Jew, and Archdeacon Richard ♣Peche,
and Dean Deville.――The Accusations against the Jews a bountiful
Revenue to Church and State.――Jews required to support the
Crusade.――The King’s Death afforded them some respite.――their
learned Men and their Seats of Learning.――Aben Ezra visits
England.――Jews distinguished Physicians.――APPENDIX A. 146 and
149 Paragraphs of Archbishop Ecgbright’s Canonical Excerptiones.
――B. The Original of ♦Whitglaff’s Edict.――C. Of Edward the
Confessor.――D. Of William the First.――E. Dr. M‘Caul’s Remarks
on the Charge against the Jews of using Christian Blood.――F.
Aben Ezra’s Preface to his אגרת השכת――Drs. Jost and M‘Caul’s
Testimonies of Jewish Medical Knowledge.
♦ ‘Whitglaf’s’ replaced with ‘Whitglaff’s’
♠ ‘Friedswide’ replaced with ‘Frideswide’
♣ ‘Peeche’ replaced with ‘Peche’