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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1974. Focusing 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 moneylend
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1. Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Background
Chapter 2. Twelfth-Century Growth and Development
Chapter 3. Philip Augustus-Expulsion, Exploitation, and Ecclesiastical Pressure
Chapter 4. Louis IX-The Victory of the Church
Chapter 5. Philip IV-Revival and Ruin
Chapter 6. Expulsion and Its Aftermath
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
