JTrails Presents the History of Mirabel of Gloucester
Date: 10/09/2017
On Tuesday, JTrails Director, Marcus Roberts, presented a talk on 'Mirabel of Gloucester and the Jewish history of Gloucester', as part of the Gloucester History festival. The talk, attended by 140 participants explored the history of the Medieval Jewish woman, Mirabel, as well as 800 years of Gloucester Jewish History at the historic Black Friars venue.
One of the leading medieval communities in England, Northampton's Jews were given the boot in 1290. However, seven centuries later they would return to give the boot to Northampton. Read More