The Sephardic frontier the reconquista and the Jewish community in medieval Iberia /

Ray, Jonathan

The Sephardic frontier the reconquista and the Jewish community in medieval Iberia / Jonathan Ray. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, (c)2006. - 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : maps - Conjunctions of religion and power in the medieval past .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 2002.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The migration of Jewish settlers to the frontier -- Jewish landownership -- Moneylending and beyond : the Jews in the economic life of the frontier -- Royal authority and the legal status of Iberian Jewry -- Jewish communal organization and authority -- Communal tensions and the question of Jewish autonomy -- Maintenance of social boundaries on the Iberian frontier.



9780801461774


Jews--History.--Spain
Jews--History.--Portugal


Electronic Books.

DS135 / .S474 2006