Is Europe historically intolerant to Non Christians ?
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2007-10-15 04:56:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In 1290, King Edward I issued an edict ordering all Jews expelled from England. Lasting for the rest of the middle ages, it would be over 350 years until it was formally overturned in 1656. The edict was not an isolated incident, but the culmination of over 200 years of mistreatment.
2007-10-15 05:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The time period you are talking about there was historically intolerant of pretty much ALL religions.
No matter what religion you were, you can be pretty much guaranteed there was somewhere in Europe that was ready to kill you for it.
Catholics killing Huguenots, Anglicans killing Catholics, the Spanish Inquisition drove the Jews and Moors out of Spain, the Quakers took off to hostile, unknown lands just to escape it all.
So it wasn't just the non-Christians. Europe at the time wasn't a great place to believe in anything. Of course, they didn't treat atheists any better.
2007-10-15 05:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is really simple. To the second question, YES! To the first, for the same reason Jews were treated like garbage almost everywhere in Christian Europe for two thousand years: Christianity has never been a tolerant or peaceful religion. Human nature sucks.
2007-10-15 05:01:27 · answer #3 · answered by average person Violated 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christians in Europe have always hated jews. They call them christ killers.
2007-10-15 05:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and they are igno
2007-10-15 05:01:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋