Lettre à Louis IX : sur la condition des Juifs du royaume de France / Meïr Ben Siméon de Narbonne ; texte hébreu établi et traduit par Judith Kogel & présenté par Pierre Savy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meir ben Simeon, ha-Meʻili, active 13th century, author.

Contributor:

Kogel, Judith, editor.

Savy, Pierre, contributor.

Language:

French

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270.

Louis.

Meir ben Simeon, ha-Meʻili, active 13th century.

Meir ben Simeon.

Jews--France--History--13th century.

Jews.

History.

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 77 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Éditions de l'éclat, [2017]

Language Note:

Text is in French and Hebrew, translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

It is unlikely that the letter that Meir Ben Simeon of Narbonne proposed to send to King Louis IX - who was the successor of St. Louis in 1297 - either reached him or was sent to him. Only one copy was preserved with other texts of this famous Talmudist, in a provencial manuscript of the 14th century, known under the name of Mihemet mitsvah. This pseudo-missive presentation has a particular interest in the corpus of "supplications" and other "implorations" for the improvement of the fate of the Jews of the kingdom of France under the reign of this anti-Jewish king. It includes - probably for the first time in this literature - economic arguments, based on the Scriptures. By prohibiting the Jews from lending interest and by depriving them of a professional activity which allows them to live decently, writes Meir, the King endangers the economy of his own country. A masterpiece of the history of the Jews of France in the thirteenth century, this letter decisively enriches what we know about the relationship between this "holy" king and his Jewish subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9782841624218

2841624218

OCLC:

1003386812