The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender: Volume I

By Julie L. Mell

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 ?migr?s 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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137397764
• ISBN13: 9781137397768
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"