Region: France (Normandie/Calvados)
Intersection register · custodian, not owner
The ducal capital of Normandy founded by William the Conqueror, Caen was home to a medieval Jewish community under the Norman and Plantagenet kings. The Jews of Caen were active in trade and moneylending; the community disappeared after the expulsions of the 13th–14th centuries.
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The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Caen give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
Notable figures of this place
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