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====Relations with the Jewish community of Worcester====
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The Diocese was notably hostile to the small Jewish community in Worcester. [[Peter of Blois]] was commissioned by a Bishop of Worcester, probably [[John of Coutances]], to write a significant anti-Judaic treatise ''Against the Perfidy of Jews'' around 1190.<ref>{{harvnb|de Blois|1194}}, {{harvnb|Lazare|1903}}</ref>  [[William de Blois (bishop of Worcester)|William de Blois]], as Bishop of Worcester, imposed particularly strict rules on Jews within the diocese in 1219.<ref>{{harvnb|Vincent|1994|p=217}}</ref> As elsewhere in England, Jews were officially compelled to wear rectangular white badges, supposedly representing tabulae.{{clarify|date=June 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-badge|title=Jewish Badge|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|language=en|access-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106150945/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-badge|archive-date=6 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In most places, this requirement was waived as long as fines were paid. In addition to enforcing the church laws on wearing badges, Blois tried to impose additional restrictions on [[usury]], and wrote to [[Pope Gregory IX]] in 1229 to ask for better enforcement and further, harsher measures. In response, the Papacy demanded that Christians be prevented from working in Jewish homes, "lest temporal profit be preferred to the zeal of Christ", and insisted on enforcement of the wearing of badges.<ref>{{harvnb|Vincent|1994|p=209}}</ref>