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What other religions did the Western Europeans know?
Judaism and Islam.
Who of the Europeans had much contact with the Islamic East?
Traders and diplomats.
What's the origin of the opposition of Islam?
The Medieval Crusades to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.
What fueled the western antipathy towards Islam?
The growing power of the Ottoman (or Turkish) Empire and its extension westwards.
What was the Turks laying?
They claim to pivotal territory in the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, including Cyprus and Tunis.
In which battle did Spanish, Venetians and the Pope form a league to fight the Turks?
In the battle of Lepanto.
Which of the Jews and Muslims are more familiar religious minority?
The Jews.
Where were the small Jewish communities?
In London and Bristol.
What are the reasons of the antipathy towards Jewish?
1- The association of the Jews with the death of Jesus.
2- Money lending (which the Bible condemned).
What made the Jewish perennial object of suspicion?
Because of their status as an "alien" and homeless people.
In which plays were the Jews "aliens" represented?
Christopher Marlowe‘s The Jew of Malta and Shakespeare‘s The Merchant of Venice.
Who did Elizabeth I consult for advice about the most auspicious date for her coronation?
Magus John Dee.
What was the study that James I published about witchcraft?
Demonology.
In which period was "witchcraft" literature much popular? Give example?
In the Jacobean period. William Shakespeare‘s Macbeth (which features a chorus of witches who predict the future).