Jews in an Iberian Frontier Kingdom

Society, Economy, and Politics in Morvedre, 1248-1391
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13739-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 694 g

Reihe: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World

This book treats the tumultuous history of the Jews in the colonial kingdom of Valencia through focusing on one town, Morvedre. Based on archival sources, it explores the Jews' activities as settlers and officials, their role in the new kingdom's economic development, and their rapidly changing relations with the Christian conquerors and the subject Muslims. It dissects the Jewish community's internal social and political struggles while it dealt with the monarchy's heavy fiscal demands. It also considers the controversies surrounding Jewish moneylending and the Jews' embattled position during the rebellions and wars that rocked the kingdom in the fourteenth century. The book is important for students of Jewish history, Spanish history, and interfaith relations in the Middle Ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyerson, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Note on Names and Money
Maps

Introduction
Chapter 1: Colonizing the Valencian Frontier
Chapter 2: Putting the Jews in Their Place
Chapter 3: Fiscal Servitude
Chapter 4: The Yoke of Usury
Chapter 5: Caught in the Crossfire
Conclusion

Bibliography of Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mark D. Meyerson, Ph.D. (1987), University of Toronto, is Associate Professor of History and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. His publications include The Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel (University of California Press, 1991), and A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain (Princeton University Press, 2004).