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...community; by providing credit to high risk groups Jews could help boost consumer spending. But did this relative tolerance last? Later in the 16th century life became much more difficult for Venetian Jews. Depending on the economic and cultural climate of the day, the Jewish community was either fostered or hounded. Venice, amongst the cities in Europe, was not unique in...

...communities. Furthermore, an evangelical Christian missionary was appointed to lead a government office to target remote Indigenous communities for greater integration and assimilation. This was the context for Davi Kopenawa’s visit to the UK and for the roundtable in Oxford. He had joined other Amazonian leaders, including his son, Dario, in presenting a petition...

...community of “faithful departed” (i.e. deceased Christians), was added on the 2nd November. It is sometimes asserted that the pre-Christian festival of Samhain and the Christian feasts beginning on All Hallows Eve (Halloween) share an emphasis on honouring the dead. There is, however, no secure historical evidence that the ancient festival had any such association. It...