High places Quote by Phyllis Goldstein

“In 1378, a high-ranking Franciscan priest named Ferrán Martínez began a campaign against Jews in Castile. In sermon after sermon, he called on Christians…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“In contrast to much of northern Europe, where Jews faced persecution, Spain was a haven. From the eighth century onward, Jews there prospered under…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“King Ferdinand, who was himself partly descended from Jewish stock8 consulted the bishops. The bishops’ solution took even the Old Christians by surprise. Nobody…

— Harry Freedman

“Who’s that?” Barney asked. Pedro answered, having returned his attention to his daughter’s suitor. “Father Alonso,” he said. “He’s the new inquisitor.” Carlos, Ebrima,…

— Ken Follett

“In both Muslim and Christian lands during the 1300s and 1400s, Jews were considered outsiders no matter how long they and their families had…

— Phyllis Goldstein

Hitler was obviously a dictator. And he was Christian. And I think that he persecuted the Jews, there's no doubt about that. And he…

— Anjem Choudary

“Most Europeans at the end of the fifteenth century considered religious unity a good idea, but only Spain’s rulers believed it was essential to…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“It was Islam’s armies and the empire they spread across three continents that reduced Christianity, with a few scattered exceptions, to a European faith.”

— Nigel Cliff

“The practice of “tolerance,” in the sense of allowing people to dissent, did not of course exist in any part of Christian Europe in…

— Henry Kamen

In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was…

— Jack Schwartz

“At the same time Beyazid II, the eighth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issued an invitation to the 250,000 Jews banished by Spain to…

— Ayşe Kulin

And the founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of his estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary, He drove those…

— Adolf Hitler