7 Against the Backdrop of Revolution, 1789–1812

5 Anglo-Jewry under the Old Regime, 1700–1753

4 The Jews of England and the Glorious Revolution

Introduction: The New Beginnings of Anglo-Jewry

This chapter discusses the Jewish element in the making of the English Reformation, showing that, in the years immediately before Henry VIII's declaration of royal supremacy, he based his entire case on Jewish law and was guided in these obscure matters by learned Italian Jews. Henry's tactics were clear to those around him in 1529 and 1530, yet English historians have been unable to see those years as he saw them himself. At the same time, a subject like the Jewish advocates of Henry VIII's divorce has been largely excluded from what was considered Jewish history, properly speaking. The actual number of Jews involved with the English King was very small, and only one of them came to London. The influence of Jews in the divorce question was very great, far out of proportion to the number of Jews concerned, and thereby must fall within the purview of anyone interested in Anglo-Jewry.

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