Harry, you always write about the most interesting little snapshots into history. I'm Latter-day Saint (AKA "Mormon"), and that list of questions gave me a visceral reaction. There's something about being in a religious minority that puts an immense amount of psychic pressure on you to perform when sources of authority put you under the microscope. (I've been asked if Mormons vote, and struggled to decide if it was a trick question of some sort...)
Ultimately, what was it that made him issue that decree in 1808? It sounds like they were full-steam-ahead on a democratic approach to a government that included the Jews, but to no avail.
Harry, you always write about the most interesting little snapshots into history. I'm Latter-day Saint (AKA "Mormon"), and that list of questions gave me a visceral reaction. There's something about being in a religious minority that puts an immense amount of psychic pressure on you to perform when sources of authority put you under the microscope. (I've been asked if Mormons vote, and struggled to decide if it was a trick question of some sort...)
Ultimately, what was it that made him issue that decree in 1808? It sounds like they were full-steam-ahead on a democratic approach to a government that included the Jews, but to no avail.