Medieval Jewry in Northern France : A Political and Social History /

Focusing on a set of Jewish communities, Robert Chazan tells how, by the eleventh century, French Jews had created for themselves a role as local merchants and moneylenders in adapting to the political, economic, and social limits imposed on them. French society, striving to become more powerful and...

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Main Author: Chazan, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Edition:Open access edition.
Series:Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 91st ser., 2.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Tenth- and Eleventh- century background
  • Twelfth-century growth and development
  • Philip Augustus: Expulsion, exploitation, and ecclesiastical pressure
  • Louis IX: the victory of the Church
  • Philip IV: revival and ruin
  • Expulsion and its aftermath.