The History of the Jews

2020 | History & Politics | Religion

The History Of The Jews: From The Earliest Period Down To Modern Times, In Three Volumes. (Vol. 3) By Henry Hart Milman.

BOOK XX. JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Effects of the Great Revolutions in the World, from the fourth to the eighth Century — Restoration of the Persian Kingdom and Magian Religion — Jews of Mesopotamia — Babylonian Talmud — Establishment of Christianity — Attempts at Conversion — Constantine — Julian — Rebuilding the Temple of Jerusalem —Theodosius and St. Ambrose — Conflicts between Jews and Christians — Conversions in Minorca and Crete — Tumults in Alexandria — Fall of the Patriarchate.

BOOK XXI. THE JEWS UNDER THE BARBARIAN KINGS AND THE BYZANTINE EMPERORS
Irruption and Conquests of the Barbarians — Trade of the Jews — Slave Trade — Decrees of Councils — Of Pope Gregory the First — Conduct of the Christians to the Jews — Arian Kings of Italy — Pope Gregory the First — State anterior to the Rise of Mohammedanism in the Eastern Empire — Insurrections of the Samaritans — Laws of Justinian — Dispute about the Language in which the Law was to be read — State of the Jews in the Persian Dominions — Persecutions — Civil Contests — Conquest of Syria and Jerusalem by the Persians — Reconquest by the Emperor Heraclius.

BOOK XXII. JUDAISM AND MOHAMMEDANISM
Jews in Arabia — Jewish Kingdom in Homeritis — Rise of Mohammed — Wars against the Arabian Jews — Progress of Mohammedanism — State of Spain — Cruel Laws of the Visigothic Kings — Conquest of Spain by the Moors — Persecuting Laws in France.

BOOK XXIII. GOLDEN AGE OF JUDAISM
The Jews under the Caliphs — Rise of Karaism — Kingdom of Khosar — Jews under the Byzantine Empire — Jews breakers of Images — Jews of Italy — Jews under Charlemagne and Louis Debonnaire — Agobard, Bishop of Lyons — Jews in Spain — High state of Literature — Moses Maimonides

BOOK XXIV. IRON AGE OF JUDAISM
Persecutions in the East — Extinction of the Princes of the Captivity — Jews in Palestine — In the Byzantine Empire — Feudal System — Chivalry — Power of the Church — Usury — Persecutions in Spain — Massacres by the Crusaders — Persecutions in France — Philip Augustus — Saint Louis — Spain — France — Philip the Fair — War of the Shepherds — Pestilence — Poisoning of the Fountains — Charles the Fourth — Charles the Fifth — Charles the Sixth — Final Expulsion from France — Germany — The Flagellants — Miracle of the Host at Brussels.

BOOK XXV. JEWS IN ENGLAND
First Settlement — William Rufus — Henry II. — Coronation of Richard I. — Massacre at York — King John — Spoliations of the Jews — Henry III. — Jewish Parliament — Edward I. — Statute of Judaism — Final Expulsion from the Realm.

BOOK XXVI. JEWS EXPELLED FROM SPAIN
Superiority of the Jews of Spain — Early period — Alfonso VIII. — Ferdinand III. — Alfonso X., the Wise — Siete Partidas — Attempt at Conversion — Ferdinand IV. — Alfonso XI. — Pedro of Castile and Henry of Transtamare — Zeal of the Clergy — Pope Benedict XIII. — Conversions — Vincent Ferrer — New Christians — The Inquisition — Ferdinand and Isabella — Expulsion of the Jews from Spain — Sufferings in Italy — In Morocco — In Portugal — Their subsequent History in the two kingdoms.

BOOK XXVII. JEWS OF ITALY
Early Period — The Popes — The family of Peter Leonis — Martin V.

BOOK XXVIII
Jews in Turkey — In Italy — In Germany before the Reformation — Invention of Printing — Reformation — Luther — Holland — Negotiation with Cromwell — False Messiahs — Sabbathai Sevi— Frank, &c. — Spinoza.

BOOK XXIX. MODERN JUDAISM.
Change in the relative State of the Jews to the rest of Mankind — Jews in Poland — In Germany — Frederick the Great — Naturalization Bill in England — Toleration Edict of Joseph II. — Jews of France — Petition to Louis XVI. — Revolution — Bonaparte — More recent Acts for the Amelioration of the Civil State of the Jews — General Estimate of the Number of Jews in Africa, Asia, Europe, America — Conclusion.

BOOK XXX.

Henry Hart Milman (Author)