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Contested Treasure - Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon (Paperback)
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Contested Treasure - Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon (Paperback)
Series: Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755
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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.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.
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