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Jews were expelled and banned from England in 1290 by Edward I until Cromwell began to readmit them in 1655. Given medieval era Jews' roles as lenders and merchant bankers did their 366 year absence have any noticeable affect on the English economy?

by /u/Gnagus in /r/AskHistorians

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