>During the Protectorate, Cromwell ended a more than 300 year ban on the Jews in England that begun with Edward I's expulsion at the end of the 13th century, and over the opposition of some quarters, especially the Church of England--it seems certain that a few Jews managed to enter the country incognito, but there were officially none in England during that long stretch and it seems few Englishmen had ever seen a Jew. There was no specific law or edict permitting the Jews' return, but they gradually returned and there were established Jewish communities in the country by the first decade of the 18th century. Even so, Jews, like all religious minorities, did not possess full civil rights, those being exclusively for members of the Church of England, and ultimately did not get them until 1888.
unrelated to the op but i always found it curious that >>18430208>all religious minorities, did not possess full civil rights, those being exclusively for members of the Church of Englandapplied to presbyterians in irelandcrazy that the most ardently pro-british people in the uk were systematically discriminated against for over a century
>>18430208Catholics were given full civil rights in 1828. Religious minorities were tolerated since 1688 but unless you belonged to the COE you could not receive a title of nobility, hold a government office, or serve in the armed forces above NCO. This was of course true in every European country at that time, only those who practiced the state religion were considered "full" citizens.
>>18430300Jews in the netherlands had full emancipation by this time, but that was the exception. There is a splendid 17th century synagogue in Amsterdam. That huge vibrant community was utterly destroyed during ww2, sadly.
>>18430303Even so, you had to belong to the Dutch Reformed Church to be part of the country's ruling elite although the Netherlands had above average levels of religious toleration.
>>18430300>Religious minorities were tolerated since 1688 but unless you belonged to the COE you could not receive a title of nobility, hold a government office, or serve in the armed forces above NCO.Further, England in the 18th century still officially proscribed atheism and Unitarianism, although the last time anyone was put to death for their religious beliefs was in 1612 when James I burned two Unitarians.
>>18430303oh yes, really really sad!
>>18430208Crazy this is still brought up as some huge turning point in history when it wasn't. The ban is still legally enforced its just not applied anymore.
>>18430753whoops, by legally enforced i meant to say legally in effect, its not enforced anymore but its officially still a law.
Didn’t Cromwell turn the C of E into a congregationalist church?
>>18430308>England in the 18th century still officially proscribed atheism and UnitarianismExtremely based, if only the enforced the law
>>18430305Actually there were a couple Jewish nobles in the Dutch republic, iirc. They usually bought a barony over some village off some cash strapped noble. But this was also the exception.>>18430753The ban no longer being in effect is kind of significant, as it meant the Jews could live in the UK again. Not very outside the history of the Jews, obviously.
>>18430770What I mean is that all actions undertaken by Cromwell became legally null and void after the restoration. Cromwell may have invited the Jews back but ultimately it was the Stuarts which kept the jews in England
>>18430763Well being either wasn't a very popular position back then so there was no need to. Botth of those groups hid and only published pseudonymously.
>>18430305Dutch Jews were mostly Sephardic refugees who fled Spain and Portugal. The Dutch tolerated them on condition that they not publicly criticize Christianity.
>>18430208English Jews were never that important compared to the outsized influence of Central European ones. This may be because English culture did not have as much use of a middleman minority as continental countries.
>>18430208>Cromwell ended a more than 300 year ban on the Jews in England>There was no specific law or edict permitting the Jews' return, but they gradually returnedThese are two completely different statements.
>>18430943Actually it was because the English expelled all their Jews in the 13th century. Germany did not for a variety of reasons.
>>18431013Germany was not an island nation, nor a single government.
