JUNE 15 1215: King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. The Great Charter which is supposed to be one of the cornerstones of English and American rights contains the following reference to the Jews: “If anyone who borrowed fro... »
JUNE 12 816: Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler, passed away today. 1240: Nicholas Donin, a renegade Jew under the patronage of Louis IX, convinced Pope Gregory IX ... »
JUNE 6 1191: As the Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at Tyre. 1142: Today, during the second Siege of Coria, Emperor Alonso VII of Leon and Castille “granted the village of Fradejas to the Diocese of Zamora” t... »
JUNE 5 70: Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem. 1191 After conquering Cyprus, Richard the Lionheart and his Crusaders set sail for “the Holy Land.” This crusading left England in the control of Prince John who, amongst oth... »