The Sephardic Frontier : : The "Reconquista" and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia /

The Sephardic Frontier : : The "Reconquista" and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia / / Jonathan Ray.

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No subject looms larger over the historical landscape of medieval Spain than that of the reconquista, the rapid expansion of the power of the Christian kingdoms into the Muslim-populated lands of southern Iberia, which created a broad frontier zone that for two centuries remained a region of warfare...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Ray, Jonathan,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2013
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Jewish Settler And The Frontier
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Migration Of Jewish Settlers To The Frontier
  • 2. Jewish Landownership
  • 3. Moneylending And Beyond: Jews In The Economic Life Of The Frontier
  • Part II: The Jewish Community and the Frontier
  • 4. Royal Authority And The Legal Status Of Iberian Jewry
  • 5. Jewish Communal Organization And Authority
  • 6. Communal Tensions And The Question Of Jewish Autonomy
  • 7. Maintenance Of Social Boundaries On The Iberian Frontier
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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