Origins of ‘Jewry’ What the new dictionary says: The earliest word for “Jewish” listed in the Historical Thesaurus is the Old English “judeisc”, followed in around 1250
Phil Mercer on Sunday In case you didn’t know; Phil Mercer’s Sunday Breakfast show on BBC Oxford 95.2 FM takes a look at what’s been happening in the lives
The Middle Period 1290-1656 in England During the so-called Middle Period, the period of Exclusion (1290-1655) Jews were, strictly speaking, not allowed in England. In
Juan Louis Vives was a Spanish lawyer and humanist who was part of the medieval community at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His Jewish family had
Our aim is to raise the profile of the history of Jews in Oxford from earliest records through to the modern day.
