This book treats the tumultuous history of the Jews in the colonial kingdom of Valencia through focusing on one town, Morvedre.Based on archival sources, it explores the Jews' activities as settlers and officials, their role in the new kingdom's economic development, and their rapidly changing relations with the Christian conquerors and the subject Muslims.It dissects the Jewish community's internal social and political struggles while it dealt with the monarchy's heavy fiscal demands.It also considers the controversies surrounding Jewish moneylending and the Jews' embattled position during...