The Romanov Dynasty That Ruled Russia From 1613

The Russian Orthodox Church has a very dark unspoken past. The Russian Orthodox Church changed many policies over the years leading to many casualties. The Russian Church to many people was a sign of fear and change they were uncomfortable with.

The cause of the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 was impacted by many; these people and events include: Nicholas himself (Tsar), Alexander, Rasputin, WWI and the Russian revolution.

They claimed that those of the Jewish faith were responsible for Jesus’ death, and therefore they were unable to be trusted. The expansion of Jewish communities infuriated the Christian society, pushing them towards their breaking point. In 1391, anti-Semitic violence broke out in Castile, and spread across many other areas in Spain such as Barcelona, Saragossa, and Valencia. Mobs entered the Jewish communities to burn synagogues, invade homes, rape the women, and kill the dominant Jewish rulers that were recognized. The Jews of Spain were given an ultimatum; evacuate, or convert to Christianity. Nearly half of them agreed to convert their faith, and they were baptized in order to show their true commitment to the Church. Those who converted were referred to as Conversos or “New Christians”. This ultimatum that those of the Jewish faith were given satisfied Christian societies, but it soon became apparent that the Conversos were not acting accordingly in respect to the Christian belief system. Although they attended church and participated in Christian traditions, behind closed doors, it was believed that they continued to practise the traditions, beliefs, and holy days outlined by the Jewish faith. They refrained from eating pork, and supposedly celebrated the Jewish Sabbath which lasted from Friday’s sundown until Saturday’s nightfall. This realization caused Christians to become furious, and those who had been deemed

Other religions blamed the Jews for 'Christ's' resurrection and were regarded as 'Christ killers'. As years and centuries have gone by, the Jews were still being blamed for unfortunate events that there wasn't even evidence for. Thirdly I would like to add that there had been centuries of persecution from the Nazis in particular; 1933-1939. In 1933

Their devotion and loyalty to churches were very high that they had very low religious tolerance. As a result, entire Jewish communities were destroyed in Europe with inhabitants killed and some slaughtered.

The peace the Jews experienced during this era after the exile continued for three hundred years. After this their problems were minimal up to the time of the Crusades. Because of the conflict between Christianity and Islam Jews suffered immeasurably, leading ultimately to two long centuries of persecution and expulsion. In the year 1095 a sermon was preached telling the Christians to regain control of the holy lands. Gangs would attack the Jewish communities, destroying their cities and torturing the people who lived in them. The Jews were such a threat because they did not believe in Jesus Christ a s the Son of God and were therefore non-Christian believers. A second wave of crusades emerged in 1146 and 1189. Riots against Jews even began to emerge through England. The crusades thus lead to Jews becoming the hated religious sect and they were cast out of almost every country throughout Europe. (2) Jews thus began to move and were forced into other countries, countries where they were also not wanted.

The Romanov dynasty began in 1613, however 1917 saw an abrupt end to the Romanov’s with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. Demonstrations and strikes gripped the Russian people and with anti-governmental soldiers taking control, the Tsar had no alternative but to abdicate. Historians such as Michael Lynch1 and John Daborn2 state that in Russia’s great need of strength and power came a Tsar of weakness and limited outlook. However historians such as Ray Pearson believe that in aggressive opposition groups and with the help of the working class aimed to bring down the Tsardom at all costs.

Jews are a standout amongst the most stereotyped religious social orders ever, with the media every now and again utilizing negative pictures at whatever point they write about Judaism and the Jewish race. History demonstrates that Jews were constrained from their country and turned into an itinerant individuals, spreading all through Europe. Regarded as untouchables in Europe, local people were suspicious of the Jews and made numerous myths and pessimistic generalizations about them which are propagated today. Numerous limitations on callings were put on the Jewish individuals in the medieval times. The Catholic Church and numerous Christians accepted that loaning cash for premium was a wrongdoing and was prohibited. This pushed Jews into cash giving and rent gathering sort occupations which the congregation saw as second rate. This prompted the generalization that Jews are ravenous, shabby, mean and even degenerate.

According to the text of the Old Testament, Jewish authorities treated Jesus and his followers with hostility. Many Christians to this day, even though it has been proven not to be true, believe that Jesus’ crucifixion was a direct result of the Jewish people. Christian antisemitism was born from a misconception by Jesus’ followers that was then eternalized by being written in their bible. Christian antisemitism would continue onward through the Crusades in which the persecution of the Jewish people reached an all-time high in Europe, where communities were destroyed, Jewish people were killed, and others were expelled from their lands. Many stereotypes for Jewish people arose from this period because they were restricted to specific “inferior” occupations by the Christian authorities such as tax collectors and moneylenders. This early on compulsory requirement to wear a yellow star began in certain parts of Europe.

Like the Holocaust in the 1930s-1940s, Jews during this time were treated with brutality. Manchester describes it as, “Jewry was luckier - slightly luckier - than blacks. If the pogroms of the time are less infamous than the Holocaust, it is only because anti-Semites then lacked twentieth-century technology” (35). In the year 1492, the Spanish had regained control of Spain. The rule of Spain was now under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. They were not fond of Jews in their nation. The Jews in Spain were given three months to convert to christianity or to leave. After seeing what the Spanish were doing in Spain, the king of Portugal ordered the expulsion of all Portuguese Jews. Any Jews who wouldn’t leave or were slow to leave were massacred. Around four thousand Lisbon Jews were killed during a single night in 1506. Only three years later persecution of Jews in Germany began. Jews throughout history have been treated badly but during the medieval period it was especially hard if you were a Jew.

In the late 15th century, Spain gained its freedom from the Moors. They were Islamic North African people that were and controlled much of Spain. The wealthy, educated Jewish population financially assisted the monarchy to regain Spain from the Moors. Large prosperous Jewish communities existed in Spain. They were respected, unlike other areas of Europe where the Jews were persecuted and victims of organized massacres. In Spain, they remained the financial and scientific leaders in the 15th century. Many of Jews married into Catholic families, consequently, many of Spain’s Christian leaders were of Jewish descent. As Spain became a unified country, many Hispanics forgot the services from which the Jewish had provided them. The economy plummeted, and to many, the Jews became a scapegoat. They became targets for bigotry. Stories were created to lessen the Jews image. These stories included Jews murdering innocent Christian children. Such legends fueled the expulsion of the Jews from

Assess the role of the Bolsheviks for the decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty.

(Doyle Pogroms of 1881) The plan to solve this issue was to use propaganda showing how bad the Jews were and why they needed to be eliminated. The government’s use of propaganda backfired as violence arose. One example of this, is in Yelizavetgrad City. The rioting became so out of control that the army had to get involved to break up the fighting. (Doyle Pogroms of 1881) While, the Russians believed that using military force would stop the people and calm them down just the opposite had occurred. People began becoming more violent and more people joined in the rioting. This was seen ten days later in the city of Kiev, an attack that lasted for over three years. (Modern Jewish History) In this three-year time span over 250 attacks occurred around Russia and the citizens of Russia followed the government’s lead as they were adjusting to their new government. (Parkansky 32) To revenge his brother’s death Tsar Alexander III decided to pass harsher laws on the Jews. This is when he passed the May Laws in 1882. The May Laws took almost all rights away from the Jewish people. Some of the laws were that only ten percent of Jewish students could attend college, Jews could not trade on Sundays, and they also had to move away from their local villages and towns. (Joyce 19th Century Russian Pogroms) The overall plan Alexander III had failed as over two million Jews left Russia to go to America and the two thirds of the population that stayed in Russia were very influential to taking down Czarist

These fears can also be explained by the science of human nature and because the Jews were seen as a threat to the European Society, actions were taken to lessen Jewish tolerance and broaden anti-Semitism. To avoid Jewish control, anti-Semites decided that the only way to rid the Jewish population was to diminish their existence and the anti-Semites wanted to ruin the Jewish people socially because if the Jewish could be become the weaker link, then their political and economic connections would also fail. I would say that the social, economic and political factors tie in with the main scientific influences on the transition from Christianity to anti-Semitism because it was these beliefs that separated Jews from the rest of the European

Blood libel, in a broad sense, is the claim that Jews kill Christians in order to use their blood for ritual sacrifices. It stems from the idea that Jews were the ones who killed Jesus, and began to rise in popularity in the 12th century when Thomas of Monmouth published a story that William of Norwich had been murdered by Jews for an ancient Jewish ritual. According to Ocker, the quick spread of this accusation can be at least partially attributed to the environment in the Christian world at the time of the Second Crusade, leading to their readiness to believe that Jews murdered Christians as vengeance reminiscent of the killing of Christ. Waldman addresses this same phenomenon, citing medieval representations of Jews as satanic heretics. Both articles emphasize the Christian view that Jewish beliefs and practices should be held in stark opposition to their own, as a dark other associate with the