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The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender


The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender

Volume I
Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History

von: Julie L. Mell

128,39 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 14.10.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9781137397782
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book challenges a common historical narrative, which portrays medieval Jews as moneylenders who filled an essential economic role in Europe. It traces how and why this narrative was constructed as a philosemitic narrative in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in response to the rise of political antisemitism. This book also documents why it is a myth for medieval Europe, and illuminates how changes in Jewish history change our understanding of European history.&nbsp; Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of central topics, such as the usury debate, commercial contracts, and moral literature on money and value to demonstrate how the revision of Jewish history leads to new insights in European history.</p>
Introduction: Jousting with Windmills PART I: MODERN HISTORY AND MEDIEVAL NARRATIVES 1. The Economic Function of the Jews: A Nineteenth-Century Story 2. Twentieth-Century Jewish Émigrés and Trajectories in European Economic History PART II: MERRY OLD ENGLAND: SOME FACTS 3. "Rich as a Jew"?: An Analysis of the Distribution of Wealth and Frequency of Moneylending in the Anglo-Norman Jewish Population 4. An Economic Function for the Crown?: On Tallage, Taxation, and the Legal Status of the Jews&nbsp;
<p>Julie Mell is an Assistant Professor of History and North Carolina State University.</p>
<p>This book challenges a common historical narrative, which portrays medieval Jews as moneylenders who filled an essential economic role in Europe. It traces how and why this narrative was constructed as a philosemitic narrative in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in response to the rise of political antisemitism. This book also documents why it is a myth for medieval Europe, and illuminates how changes in Jewish history change our understanding of European history.&nbsp; Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of central topics, such as the usury debate, commercial contracts, and moral literature on money and value to demonstrate how the revision of Jewish history leads to new insights in European history.</p>
Volume II available here: https://www.palgrave.com/9783319341859 Illuminates how changes in Jewish history change our understanding of European history Refutes the narrative of the Jewish moneylender with an in-depth economic study of the Jewish community in medieval Europe Offers a novel interpretation of central topics, such as the usury debate, commercial contracts, and moral literature on money and value

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