No return : Jews, Christian usurers, and the spread of mass expulsion in medieval Europe / Rowan Dorin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorin, Rowan, author.

Series:

Histories of economic life.

Histories of economic life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Persecutions--Europe.

Jews.

Exile (Punishment).

Usury--Religious aspects.

Usury.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.) : 5 maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A groundbreaking new history of the shared legacy of expulsion among Jews and Christian moneylenders in late medieval Europe Beginning in the twelfth century, Jewish moneylenders increasingly found themselves in the crosshairs of European authorities, who denounced the evils of usury as they expelled Jews from their lands. Yet Jews were not alone in supplying coin and credit to needy borrowers. Across much of Western Europe, foreign Christians likewise engaged in professional moneylending, and they too faced repeated threats of expulsion from the communities in which they settled. No Return examines how mass expulsion became a pervasive feature of European law and politics-with tragic consequences that have reverberated down to th e present. Drawing on unpublished archival evidence ranging from fiscal ledgers and legal opinions to sermons and student notebooks, Rowan Dorin traces how an association between usury and expulsion entrenched itself in Latin Christendom from the twelfth century onward. Showing how ideas and practices of expulsion were imitated and repurposed in different contexts, he offers a provocative reconsideration of the dynamics of persecution in late medieval society. Uncovering the protean and contagious nature of expulsion, No Return is a panoramic work of history that offers new perspectives on Jewish-Christian relations, the circulation of norms and ideas in the age before print, and the intersection of law, religion, and economic life in premodern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

"Beginning in the twelfth century, Jewish moneylenders increasingly found themselves in the crosshairs of European authorities, who denounced the evils of usury as they expelled Jews from their lands. Yet Jews were not alone in supplying coin and credit to needy borrowers. Across much of Western Europe, foreign Christians likewise engaged in professional moneylending, and they too faced repeated threats of expulsion from the communities in which they settled. No Return examines how mass expulsion became a pervasive feature of European law and politics-with tragic consequences that have reverberated down to the present. Drawing on unpublished archival evidence ranging from fiscal ledgers and legal opinions to sermons and student notebooks, Rowan Dorin traces how an association between usury and expulsion entrenched itself in Latin Christendom from the twelfth century onward. Showing how ideas and practices of expulsion were imitated and repurposed in different contexts, he offers a provocative reconsideration of the dynamics of persecution in late medieval society. Uncovering the protean and contagious nature of expulsion, No Return is a panoramic work of history that offers new perspectives on Jewish-Christian relations, the circulation of norms and ideas in the age before print, and the intersection of law, religion, and economic life in premodern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Expulsion, Jews, and Usury: Trajectories of Christian Thought and Practice

Inventing Expulsion in England, 1154-1272

Inventing Expulsion in France, 1144-1270

Canonizing Expulsion: The Second Council of Lyon, 1274

Disseminating Expulsion: Synods, Summas, and Sermons

Emulating Expulsion: England and France, 1274-1306

Ignoring Expulsion: Episcopal Evasion and Papal Inaction, 1274-1400

Expanding (and Impeding) Expulsion: Jews, Usury, and Canon Law, 1300-1492

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

0-691-24092-2

ISBN:

9780691240947

0691240949

OCLC:

1344538527