In a message dated 97-07-10 13:43:36 EDT, you write:
> This is a somewhat tricky matter, but I'd like to see included some
> of the popular misconception regarding the medieval history of the
> Jews:
> - they all lived in Ghettos
> - they all lived of usury, which they were forced to do
> - they were powerless
> - the aim of 'The Church' was to persecute them
> - when persecuted, they went like sheep to the slaughter and did not
> show any resistance
> - legally and socially, they were lumped together with prostitutes,
> lepers and the like as 'marginals'; they were regarded like
> witches
>
So what's the actual picture? Considering that the 4th Lateran Council of the
Church decreed that Jews should live apart from the Christian community, I
thought it was established that they lived in ghettos, apart from the
Christian community.
pat sloane
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