I believe the answer is that, as Christians were not allowed to be
money-lenders, one could say that it referred to the Jews by implication but
not as what we should term anti-Semitism, specifically.
G Mc Sweeney
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From: "David Alan Gatley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 01 February 2001 09:32
Subject: Magna Carta
> Dear All,
>
> I've just been reading Magna Carta and noted two derogatory
> clauses about Jews (numbers 10 and 11) and specifically
> about the status of money loaned to people who subsequently
> died.
>
> Can anyone tell me if these clauses related to the Jews
> only or to money lenders in particular (irrespective of
> their religion)?
>
> I know that the word Holocaust was originally coined to
> refer to the persecution of the Jews in England when John's
> father or grandfather was king.
>
> David
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