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050		4	_aDS135.F81 _bC48 2019
100	1		_aChazan, Robert, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMedieval Jewry in Northern France : _bA Political and Social History / _cby Robert Chazan.
250			_aOpen access edition.
264		1	_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2019
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2019
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a1 online resource (258 pages): _bmaps.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aHopkins open publishing encore editions
500			_aOriginally published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1973], in series Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; ninety-first series, 2.
500			_aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Tenth- and Eleventh- century background -- Twelfth-century growth and development -- Philip Augustus: Expulsion, exploitation, and ecclesiastical pressure -- Louis IX: the victory of the Church -- Philip IV: revival and ruin -- Expulsion and its aftermath.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aFocusing on a set of Jewish communities, Robert Chazan tells how, by the eleventh century, French Jews had created for themselves a role as local merchants and moneylenders in adapting to the political, economic, and social limits imposed on them. French society, striving to become more powerful and civilized, was willing to extend aid and protection to the Jews in return for general stimulation of trade and urban life and for the immediate profit realized from taxation. While the authorities were relatively successful in protecting the Jews from others, there was no power to impose itself between the Jews and their protectors. The political and social well-being of the Jews was, therefore, dependent on the will of the governing authorities who taxed their holdings and regulated their activities. During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the position of the Jews was constantly under attack by reform elements in the church concerned with Jewish moneylending and blasphemous materials in Jewish books; these reformers were eventually devoted to a serious missionizing effort within the Jewish community. The Jews' situation was further complicated by deep popular animosity, expressing itself in a damaging set of slanders and occasionally in physical violence. Despite the impressive achievements of the Jews in medieval northern France, by the thirteenth century their community was increasingly constricted; and in 1306, they were expelled from royal France by Philip IV. Overcoming the handicap of a lack of copious source material, Chazan analyzes the Jews' political status, their relations with key elements of Christian society, their demographic development, their economic outlets, their internal organization, and their attitudes toward the Christian environment. As it highlights aspects of French society from an unusual perspective, Medieval Jewry in Northern France should be of special interest to the historian of medieval France as well as to the student of Jewish history. This story is also significant for all who are fascinated by the capacity of human groups to respond and adapt creatively to a hostile and limiting environment.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aJews _zFrance, Northern _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _z1421431033 _z9781421431031
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aJohns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; _v91st ser., 2.
830		0	_aHopkins open publishing encore editions.
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/67851/
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