商品簡介
Meyerson (history, medieval studies, U. of Toronto, Canada), who is gifted with an engaging narrative style, relied on close reading of primary sources as well as his research of a wealth of secondary studies to compile this history of the Jews in the Christian Spanish town of Morvedre, on the frontier of Muslim Spain. The relationship of Christians and Jews, the political reality for the Jews, and how both of these changed and developed as Morvedre changed from a frontier town to a mainstream Christian community are central themes. Tax rolls provide a documentary resource here and the economic role of the Jews, tax laws, tax collection, and the prejudice the Jews experienced as a direct result of their role in financial spheres are described at length. This is the first of an anticipated two volumes on the Jews in Morvedre. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Mark D. Meyerson, Ph.D. (1987), University of Toronto, is Associate Professor of History and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. His publications includeThe Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel (University of California Press, 1991), andA Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain (Princeton University Press, 2004).