Oliver Cromwell's readmission of the Jews to England in 1656 has traditionally been regarded as a watershed in the history of the Jews in England. As well as providing a critical account of the historiography of readmission as a definitive act of toleration, this book reinterprets Christian philosemitism of the early modern period.

ELIANE GLASER completed a Ph.D. at Birkbeck College, London before joining the BBC. She is now an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, and works as a radio producer, historian and writer.