Philip IV is hard-pressed. To force to go to war in Flanders, he emptied the royal treasury. It is an urgent need for the bail out. How to do it ? His advisers him the blow of stealing the treasure of the knights Templar and confiscate the property of wealthy bankers lombards, but that is not enough to fill the hole. Remain jews, enriched by the wear and tear !
And if they are ousted to seize their property and especially to recover the huge sums owed by their debtors ? The king would even make two birds with one stone, since the expulsion of the Jews, he would assert his royal authority at the expense of…
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