TY - BOOK AU - Meyerson,Mark D. TI - A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain T2 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World SN - 9781400832583 AV - DS135.S7 PY - 2022///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Jews KW - Spain KW - Civilization KW - Valencia (Region) KW - HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal KW - bisacsh KW - Abenafrit, Samuel KW - Abenardut, Alatzar KW - Abencabal, Jucef KW - Abenrabi family KW - Adzoni family KW - Agí, Abraham KW - Asseyo family KW - Borriana KW - Boïl family KW - Cagliari, Sardinia KW - Christians KW - Eiximenis, Francesc KW - El Rau, Conort KW - Espriu, Salvador KW - Façan family KW - Gallego family KW - Guerau, Anthoni KW - Hacker, Joseph KW - Hebrew language KW - Jacoti, Gento KW - Jewish-Muslim relations KW - Legem, Abraham KW - Malequi family KW - Moriella, Jaume KW - Muslims KW - Najari, Saçon KW - Natera, Violant KW - Olives, Baltasar KW - Onda KW - Orriols, Vicent KW - Pardo, Joan KW - Quatorze, Gento KW - Rodrich, Pastor KW - agriculture KW - apprenticeship KW - bailiffs general KW - censalistas KW - cobblers KW - credit system KW - disputation, theological KW - dowries, Jewish KW - family law KW - famine KW - feuding KW - inheritance KW - inquisition KW - judges, Jewish KW - land leasing KW - legal system KW - maestre racional KW - messianism KW - physicians KW - plague KW - poor, Jewish N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Maps --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Names and Money --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Chapter One. On the Edge of Desolation --; Chapter Two. Revival in the Shadow of Valencia --; Chapter Three. Wine, Money, and Mobility --; Chapter Four. Jews and Muslims --; Chapter Five. The Politics of Plenty --; Chapter Six. Converts and Kinsfolk --; Chapter Seven. Chill Wind from Castile --; Concluding Remarks --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - This book significantly revises the conventional view that the Jewish experience in medieval Spain--over the century before the expulsion of 1492--was one of despair, persecution, and decline. Focusing on the town of Morvedre in the kingdom of Valencia, Mark Meyerson shows how and why Morvedre's Jewish community revived and flourished in the wake of the horrible violence of 1391. Drawing on a wide array of archival documentation, including Spanish Inquisition records, he argues that Morvedre saw a Jewish "renaissance." Meyerson shows how the favorable policies of kings and of town government yielded the Jewish community's demographic expansion and prosperity. Of crucial importance were new measures that ceased the oppressive taxation of the Jews and minimized their role as moneylenders. The results included a reversal of the credit relationship between Jews and Christians, a marked amelioration of Christian attitudes toward Jews, and greater economic diversification on the part of Jews. Representing a major contribution to debates over the Inquisition's origins and the expulsion of the Jews, the book also offers the first extended analysis of Jewish-converso relations at the local level, showing that Morvedre's Jews expressed their piety by assisting Valencia's conversos. Comparing Valencia with other regions of Spain and with the city-states of Renaissance Italy, it makes clear why this kingdom and the town of Morvedre were so ripe for a Jewish revival in the fifteenth century UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400832583?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400832583 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400832583/original ER -