Firuz, persecutes the Jews, [1].
Firuz-Shabur (place), [8], [90].
academy of, [9].
Fosse, war of the, [80].
Fostat, residence of Maimonides, [457].
France, home of Talmudic lore, [289], [344] ff.
France, Jews of, [34] ff.
expelled, [402], [585].
impoverished, [586] f.
massacre of, [583].
intellectual condition of, [281], [345].
prosperity of, [443].
settlement of, [34] ff.
under the last Carlovingians and the first Capets, [241] f.
France, northern, Jews of, [400]–[9].
beginning of misfortunes of, [400].
driven out, [405].
money extorted from, [407].
lose freedom of motion, [406].
treated as chattels, [407].
France, southern, Jews of, [390] ff.
prosperity of, [489].
sufferings of, during the Albigensian crusade, [501] f.
Franciscans, fanaticism of, [519].
Frankish empire, Jews of, clerical hatred against, [164] ff., [171] ff.
favorable condition of, [141] ff., [161]–[70].
privileges of, [161].