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Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile - Breaking with the Past (Paperback)
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Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile - Breaking with the Past (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
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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.
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