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  1. Sep 2024
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    1. When the faithless Jews heard this edict some of them were born againof water and the Holy Spirit and converted to the Lord, remaining steadfastin the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. To them the King, out of regard for theChristian religion, restored all their possessions in their entirety, and gavethem perpetual liberty

      The term "faithless" refers to Jews who have not adopted Christianity. "Born again of water" must be referring to baptism. "Remaining steadfast" means that they have become devoted Christians, and "restoring all their possessions" must mean that the individuals were rewarded after converting. So to piece it all together, Jews were most likely forced to convert, and then rewarded with both possessions and legal/social "liberty"

    2. France for a long time past, for they had flocked there from various ends ofthe world,

      they had "flocked there" because Jews happened to be expelled from most of the places they would settle in

    3. Several years later (ƥƥƭƬ) Philip Augustus readmitted the Jews and care-fully regulated their banking business so as to reserve large profits to himselfthrough a variety of taxes and duties. He made of this taxation a lucrativeincom

      It's is interesting that Philip Augustus first exiled and then readmitted. He did so because he wanted to use them for financial gain. He was just exploiting them.