medieval

• when was the medieval period?

  1200 - 1500
• jewish:

  why - invited by William the Conqueror to become money lenders

  impact - loans funded important activities and buildings like castles

  experience - 1263: Palm Sunday -> 400 Jews murdered (people prejudice against their job).

  1275: statue of Jewry (restricted rights of Jews)

  1290: Jews expelled by Edward I
• flemish:

  why - 1270: skilled weavers invited to England by Edward I & they were escaping war in the Low Country

  impact - grew the wool trade and expanded the economy

  experience - guilds didn't like them and refused to let them join - 1330s: offered special privileges (could make their own guilds)
• Italian:

  why - Italian bankers wanted to expand and were highly regarded in other countries

  impact - stayed in London with a lasting effect on banking (made credit and debit)

  experience - replaced Jewish money lenders, gained special privileges to trade
• 1381 - peasants revolt in London: 150 foreigners killed
• 1348 - black death in Britain: lead to further job opportunities for migrants
• 1440 - Alien Subsidy: tax on all those born overseas