The Jews in Umbria, Volume 1 (1245-1435): Documentary History of the Jews in Italy

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-90-04-09695-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 460 Seiten, Gewicht: 1074 g

Reihe: Studia Post Biblica

This work is based mainly on documentation preserved in the archives of Umbria. It illustrates the political and socio-economic history of the Jewish community from the second half of the thirteenth century, when Jewish settlement in the region became permanent and continuous, to the expulsion of the Jews in 1569 decreed by Pope Pius V.
Umbria was an important geographical and political entity in central Italy during the late Middle Ages and was always linked to the Papal State. The documents provide us with important information that enables us to appreciate correctly the Jews' economic role in the region and their relationships with the political powers (the communes and the popes) and the Mendicant orders. Furthermore, they enlighten us on aspects of the Jews' daily life, and on their relationship with Christian society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toaff, Ariel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Über Autor(innen)

Shlomo Simonsohn is Professor of Medieval Jewish history, Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies, and director of the Diaspora Research Institute in the University of Tel Aviv. His recent publications include:The Apostolic See and the Jews, 8 vols (1988-91) and numerous papers on medieval Jewish history.
Ariel Toaff is Professor of Medieval Jewish history at Bar-Ilan University (Israel). Currently he is Visiting Professor of Jewish history at Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome. Recently published: Il vino e al carne. Una communità ebraica nel Medio Evo (1989).