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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Philip the Fair, the Jews, and Isabella the She-Wolf of France

Thursday 27.10.2022

Summary

Trudy Gold discusses the impact of King Philip of France, the king from 1258 to 1314 who expelled both the Jews and the Knights Templars. Additionally she discusses King Philip’s daughter, Isabella, and why she is referred to as the “She-Wolf of France.”

Trudy Gold

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Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.