The Men Helping the Jews

Helping them to become Christians, that is. One of my first posts on this blog in the early days was about the Domus Conversorum, the "House of Converts." King Henry III wanted to turn Jews to Christianity, but because he would require them to leave behind their lands and careers, he offered to house, clothe, and feed them.A charter was produced in January 1232 and beganFrom King Henry Greetings:"Know that we, in the sight of God, and for our souls, and for the sake of our predecessors and heirs, have granted and confirmed by this our charter, for us and our heirs, eternally to God and to the glorious Virgin Mary, and to the church, the house of the converts which we founded in the suburbs of London. Namely, a village called New Street, in honor of the same Virgin, and to the converts who reside there and who will reside in the future, seven hundred marks to support those converts and to make the construction of their church and their buildings, to be received every year to our…

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