Region: France (Poitou/Vienne)
Intersection register · custodian, not owner
Poitiers, the ancient capital of Poitou, attests a Jewish presence as early as the ninth century in Carolingian sources. In the Middle Ages, the Jewish community of Poitiers was well established and known from ecclesiastical and royal sources, before being swept away by the expulsions of the fourteenth century.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
- jewishencyclopedia.com ↗
Notable figures of this place
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