Byzantine Jewry in the Mediterranean Economy

ISBN-13: 9780521856331 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 298 str.

Joshua Holo

Opis

Covers the middle Byzantine period, describing the day-to-day workings of the Byzantine-Jewish economy via primary sources.

Recenzje

"This learned volume investigates Jewish economic life in a period in which the Jews did not play an obvious pivotal role in the Middle Byzantine Empire..." -Jewish Book World

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Byzantine-Jewish history; 2. Byzantine Jews throughout the Mediterranean: fluidity and exchange; 3. The inner economy of the Jewish communities; 4. The Jewish economy on the regional scale; 5. Byzantine-Jewish trade and the Commercial Revolution; 6. Conclusion: a new perspective on Byzantine economic history; Appendix A. MS translations; Appendix B. MS images.