>>33010
>At the time the largest Jewish populations were in the East Mediterranean cities, their number were in the lower thousands per city. In the West that was the tenth of it. I get these numbers from The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 4 So how many of them could have been in the whole Septimania? 2000? Tho I do agree that their economical weight and political influence were larger than the number would indicate (as usual).
The entirety of Iberia and southern France had a large jewish population. Around 10% of Spain was jewish at the time, wasn't it? The population just wasn't as big as in the eastern Mediterranean, so that's why it doesn't appear so. Septimania is right inside that area.
>These descendants are no more than a legends. To be honest David himself isn't much more - even if he really were his person and glory was highly inflated.
David was historical (Tel Dan stele proves that there was an actual "House of David" that ruled Israel) and considering his son had 700 wives, it's not surprising to see so many people claim descent.
>I like the theory that the Hungarians are the lost tribe of Israel better.
Lost tribe of Israel? I thought it was Jesus being a Hungarian because Parthians were Hungarians or something.
>>33024
Oy vey! Don't Poland and Portugal have the largest crypto-jewish descended populations? I blame the Catholics for this.