The Jews in Sicily. Volume eighteen, Under the rule of Aragon and Spain / by Shlomo Simonsohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simonsohn, Shlomo, 1923-

Series:

Documentary history of the Jews of Italy ; 32.

Studia post-Biblica ; 48/3.

Studia post-Biblica ; 48/3

A documentary history of the Jews in Italy ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Italy--Sicily--History--Sources.

Jews.

Sicily (Italy)--Ethnic relations--History--Sources.

Sicily (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (650 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of the Documentary History of the Jews in Sicily is the eighteenth volume of the two series and concludes them. It is a monograph describing the last centuries of the Jewish presence on the island, under the rule of Aragon and Spain and a sequel to the Introduction at the beginning of volume one. It is based on the documents contained in vols 2-17 and illustrates the political, legal, economic, social and religious history of the Jewish minority and its relations with the Christian majority. The records show that the Jews in Sicily were citizens and suffered from relatively few disabilities. This was true in particular in the economic sphere. No discriminatory legislation forced them into moneylending and trade in old clothes. They engaged in agriculture and industry, trade and commerce, including international trade and shipping, and in most professions, which in turn enhanced their social status. There was as an unusually large number of craftsmen and physicians among them. The majority, however, were labourers, on the land and in town. In the fifteenth century the Jewish population reached 25,000 or thereabouts. All this came to a sudden end with the expulsion order issued by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492. Some 80% of the Jews went into exile, while the remainder converted to Catholicism, only to be caught in the net of the Spanish inquisition. This volume is provided with addenda and corrigenda, additional bibliography and indexes.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / S. Simonsohn

Chapter One. Sicily From Peter III To The Catholic Monarch / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Two. Between Scylla And Charybdis / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Three. The King’s Jews / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Four. Taxation And Imposts / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Five. Jewish Settlements / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Six. Migrations To And From Sicily / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Seven. Demography / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Eight. The Jews And The Law / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Nine. Slay Them Not Lest My People Forget / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Ten. The Jewish Community / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Eleven. Education And Culture / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Twelve. The Economy / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Thirteen. The Individual And The Family / S. Simonsohn

Chapter Fourteen. The Expulsion / S. Simonsohn

Conclusion / S. Simonsohn

Table 1. Rulers 1282y1492 / S. Simonsohn

Table 2. Viceroys And Presidents / S. Simonsohn

Table 3. Money, Measures, Etc / S. Simonsohn

Table 4. Marriage Contracts And Dowries / S. Simonsohn

Table 5. Wages And Salaries (Of Jews) / S. Simonsohn

Table 6. Prices Of Commodities (Traded Jews) / S. Simonsohn

Index Of Persons / S. Simonsohn

Geographical Index / S. Simonsohn

Subject Index / S. Simonsohn.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-03946-X

9786613039460

90-04-18655-7

90-04-18654-9

OCLC:

714892713

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004186545.i-12446 DOI