ISBN:
9780367470074
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 250 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten, genealogische Tafeln
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
Studies in medieval history and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Reid, Cecil Jews and converts in late medieval Castile
DDC:
946/.3004924009023
Keywords:
Geschichte 1250-1500
;
Jews History To 1500
;
Christians History To 1500
;
Jews Conversion to Christianity To 1500
;
History
;
Judaism Relations To 1500
;
Christianity
;
History
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism To 1500
;
History
;
Judentum
;
Nichtchristliche Religion
;
Castile (Spain) Ethnic relations
;
Castilenti
Abstract:
For the greatest good: Jews in the service of the King -- Demand and supply: Jews and taxes in fourteenth-century Castile -- Neighbours in a century of strife -- The disruption of Civil War: prelude to a tragedy -- Portrayal and self-portrayal of the Jew in Castilian and Hebrew literature -- Pathways to conversion -- Identity and power: the Rebellions of 1449.
Abstract:
"Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile examines the ways in which Jewish-Christian relations evolved in Castile, taking account of social, cultural and religious factors that affected the two communities throughout the fourteenth and early-fifteenth centuries. The territorial expansion of the Christian kingdoms in Iberia that followed the reconquests of the mid-thirteenth century presented new military and economic challenges. At the same time the fragile balance between Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Peninsula was also profoundly affected. Economic and financial pressures were of over-riding importance. Most significant were the large tax revenues that the Iberian Jewish community provided to royal coffers, new evidence for which is provided here. Some in the Jewish community also achieved prominence at court, achieving dizzying success that often ended in dismal failure or death. A particular feature of this study is its reliance upon both Castilian and Hebrew sources of the period to show how mutual perceptions evolved through the long-fourteenth century. The study encompasses the remarkable and widespread phenomenon of Jewish conversion, elaborates on its causes and describes the profound social changes that would culminate in the anti-converso riots of the mid-fifteenth century. This book is valuable reading for academics and students of medieval and of Jewish history. As a study of a unique crucible of social change it also has a wider relevance to multi-cultural societies of any age, including our own"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
