The history of the Jews in France deals with Jews and Jewish communities in France since at least the Early Middle Ages. France was a centre of Jewish learning in the Middle Ages, but persecution incr
Funerary stele from Narbonne at the 7th-century beginning of the reign of Egica. The text begins with the Latin phrase requiescunt in pace and includes the Hebrew phrase שלום על שראל, 'peace be upon Israel'. In various sources it is described as a Jewish inscription dated with the local calendar—the regnal year of Egica—rather than the Hebrew calendar, an "inscription relating to the Jews of France", or as a "Christian inscription".
Costumes of medieval French Jews, as reimagined in a 1906 encyclopedia
Woodcut of Rashi (1539)
A miniature from Grandes Chroniques de France depicting the expulsion
Louis IX of France
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Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole king of France to be c
History of the Jews in France
…service of 40 days and left for home amid charges of treachery. In spite of all these restrictions designed to restrain, if not to suppress moneylending, Louis IX of France (1226–70) (also known as Saint Louis), with his ardent piety and his submission to the Catholic Church, unreservedly condemned loans at interest. He…
Contemporary depiction from the Bible of St Louis, c. 1250
San Luis, Rey de Francia (English: Saint Louis, King of France) by Francisco Pacheco
Pope Innocent IV with Louis IX at Cluny
Detail of stained glass window, depicting St. Louis, created by Leopold Lobin