... virtually all other sources of making a living, resorted to money lending, as the Church was oppose to Christians accepting loans from anyone. The Jews were made use of by the secular society, but were rejected by the Church, which did not do much for their image, depicted as "alien bloodsuckers"12. Being used as instruments by Crown power in exchange for their limited ... rights, they could be utilized whenever the Crown pleased, their property taken and debts abstained ... were passed that restricted Jews to specifically confined spaces, otherwise known as ghettos20. Book burning bec...

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