Ah the immortal Bard. We can credit Shakespeare with many things: shaping the English language, bringing theatre to the common man, giving High School drama departments something to perform that's in the public domain.

But can we credit Shakespeare for names like Jessica?

We'll look at the complex (and racist) relationship between Britain and Judaism as we unravel the mystery behind Shakespeare's Semitic ingenue.

Sources:

Articles:
Barkey, K., & Katznelson, I. (2011). States, regimes, and decisions: why Jews were expelled from Medieval England and France. Theory and Society, 40(5), 475–503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-011-9150-8

Halio, J. L., & Gross, J. (1993). Shylock: Four Hundred Years in the Life of a Legend. Shakespeare Quarterly, 44(3), 364. https://doi.org/10.2307/2871425


Books:
Gross, K. (2006). Shylock Is Shakespeare (Annotated ed.). University of Chicago Press.

Shapiro, J. (2016). Shakespeare and the Jews (twentieth anniversary edition). Columbia University Press.

Websites:
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giangiorgio Trissino (newadvent.org)

www.etymologyonline.com

Meet The Man Responsible For The Letter "J" - Dictionary.com


Music:

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Psalm 23 Toyohiko Santoh
https://archive.org/details/cd_lute-music-from-the-netherlands_toyohiko-satoh

Bransle Gay Claude Gervais
https://archive.org/details/lp_french-dances-of-the-renaissance-and-other_le-groupe-des-instruments-anciens-de-paris_0