1275-2025: Queenship, Minorities, and Expulsion The Tower of London, 30 June 2025

Academic historians and members of the public met to hear the most up-to-date research on the expulsions of 1275 and their aftermaths, and to discuss these in the poignant and welcoming space offered by Historic Royal Palaces. This is a conference summary that outlines the papers given on the day.

I Queens and their Power

Louise J. Wilkinson (University of Lincoln) Eleanor of Provence and Eleanor de Montfort: A Queen and her Sister-in-Law’s Relationships with the Jews

Charles Farris (Historic Royal Palaces) From 1275 to 1290: Piety, Nationalism and Maternal Influence in Edward I’s Expulsion of the Jews from England

II Keynote Lecture

David Carpenter (KCL) The English Jewish Community in the Thirteenth Century

III Expulsion and its Aftermath

Emily Rose 1255, 1275, 1290

Dean Irwin What’s Next? Towns and Expulsion(s) of the Jews

Rory MacLellan (The British Library) The final years of the Jews at the Tower, 1275-90

IV Keynote Lecture

Rowan Dorin (Stanford University) Eleanor’s Expulsion: A Global Historical Event?