ISBN:
9789004509504
,
9789004109773
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
1997
Series Statement:
Studia Post Biblica 1
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Jews in Sicily, Volume 1 (383-1300)
Keywords:
Jewish diaspora Sources History
;
Jews Sources History 70-1789
;
Jews Sources History
;
Cairo Genizah
;
Jews Sources History
;
Sicily (Italy) Sources Ethnic relations
;
History
Abstract:
This volume in the series Documentary History of the Jews in Italy illustrates the history of the Jews in Sicily during the last decade of the fourteenth century and the first two of the fifteenth. It is the sequel to the first and second volumes on the history of the Jews in Sicily, and illustrates the events during the political upheavals which preceded the reunion of the island with Aragon. During that period the Jewish minority flourished, although affected by unsettled political conditions, along with the rest of the population. Over 500 documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the Jews and their relationships with the authorities, especially the two Martins, and their Christian neighbours. Much new information has come to light, and many facets of Jewish life in Sicily have been uncovered. The abundance of historical records in the archives of the Crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuries. Therefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary form. Much new information has come to light. The volume is again provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the Jews of the island
Note:
"Also represents volume 115 of the Publications of the Diaspora Research Institute, the School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University"--Vol. 1, p. vii. Vol. 2 is v. 140 of the same
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004509504
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