In Contested Treasure, Thomas Barton examines how the Jews in the
Crown of Aragon in the twelfth through fourteenth centuries
negotiated the overlapping jurisdictions and power relations of
local lords and the crown. The thirteenth century was a formative
period for the growth of royal bureaucracy and the development of
the crown's legal claims regarding the Jews. While many Jews were
under direct royal authority, significant numbers of Jews also
lived under nonroyal and seigniorial jurisdiction. Barton argues
that royal authority over the Jews (as well as Muslims) was far
more modest and contingent on local factors than is usually
recognized. Diverse, overlooked case studies reveal that the
monarchy's Jewish policy emerged slowly, faced considerable
resistance, and witnessed limited application within numerous
localities under nonroyal control, thus allowing for more highly
differentiated local modes of Jewish administration and
coexistence. Contested Treasure refines and complicates our
portrait of interfaith relations and the limits of royal authority
in medieval Spain, and it presents a new approach to the study of
ethnoreligious relations and administrative history in medieval
European society.
General
| Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475–1755 |
| Release date: |
December 2014 |
| First published: |
December 2014 |
| Authors: |
Thomas W. Barton
(Assistant Professor of History)
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
312 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-06472-7 |
| Categories: |
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Humanities >
History >
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| LSN: |
0-271-06472-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780271064727 |
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