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It's actually much, much more devious than that in the Christian world.

In England, Jews aren't consider the subject of the local lords. They're subjects of the king directly so they paid their taxes to him directly. Thus by raising taxes on the Jews, the kings of Englands were able to indirectly tax his nobles (because the cost would be passed on to their creditors) while throwing the Jews under the bus. This is why you see at various times in English history that the nobles call for the eviction of the Jews.




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