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词条 Benedict of York
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}{{EngvarB|date=April 2014}}Benedict of York (died 1189) was a moneylender and a leading member of the 12th century Jewish community in York, England.[1] Benedict was considered the second greatest moneylender in York after Josce of York.[2] Benedict acquired several lands as a result of his activities and debts to him were still being honoured a decade after his death.[2]

Benedict attended the coronation of King Richard I along with Josce of York, and was forcibly baptised as "William" during the subsequent attacks on the Jewry of London at Richard's coronation.[1] Benedict was severely wounded in the attack and accepted a Christian baptism from a monk from York, Prior William of St. Mary's Abbey.[1][2] Benedict recanted his Christian faith the next day when summoned before King Richard. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Forde, said of Benedict's recantation that "...if he will not be a Christian, let him be the devil's man".[2] Benedict later appealed to King Richard to allow him to return to his Jewish faith, though this was against canon laws.[1]

He died in Northampton soon after his forced baptism.[1] The chronicler Roger of Hoveden said that Benedict was buried in neither the Jewish or Christian cemetery in Northampton following his death as a result of his recantation.[2] Benedict's house at Spen Lane was described by William of Newbury as like "unto a royal palace in size and strength". Benedict's children and his widow were burnt alive in his house during the Easter York riot in 1190.[1][3][4]

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1. ^{{cite web|title=Benedict of York|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2930-benedict-of-york|publisher=Jewish Encyclopedia|accessdate=4 October 2013}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Richard Barrie Dobson|title=The Jewish Communities of Medieval England: The Collected Essays of R.B. Dobson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpjByJQOJ9sC&pg=PA8|year=2010|publisher=Borthwick Publications|isbn=978-1-904497-48-6|pages=8–}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Robin R. Mundill|title=The King's Jews: Money, Massacre and Exodus in Medieval England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCOnluR4S50C&pg=PA79|date=9 August 2010|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-1-84725-186-2|pages=79–}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/pogromyork_1.shtml|title = BBC - Religions - Judaism: York pogrom, 1190|access-date = 2016-03-04}}
  • {{JewishEncyclopedia|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2930-benedict-of-york|article=Benedict of York}}

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