Sources Page

Sources used in Timeline:

(Labelled by first historical event source was used for)

Jews as direct subjects

Jews not treated as vassals

Jews slowly return to England

Gunpowder Plot

Jews permitted to return to England

Jewish Naturalization Act

Jewish Naturalization Act Repealed

The first Reform Act

Jews Relief Act

The second Reform Act

Early book arguing for naturalization

Manasseh ben Israel advocates Jews’ return to England

Sources used in Quantitative Analysis:

Examining the Early Modern Canon

ESTC

ESTC search

Contemporary sources from Lapidus selection:

“Some queries…”

“The Jews advocate: …”

“Considerations on the bill…”

“An answer to a pamphlet….”

“The bill, permitting…”

“The other side of the question: …”

“A second letter to a friend”…

“Further considerations…”

Miscellaneous sources for additional research:

The Jew Bill of 1753…

Anglo-Jewish Opinion…

Public Opinion, Propaganda…