1997, ISBN: 9789004109773

Leiden: Brill, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. lxxxii, 598pp. Indices and 11 page bibliography. Text in English and Italian. Blue cloth lettered in gilt, publisher's … Meer...

Leiden: Brill, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. lxxxii, 598pp. Indices and 11 page bibliography. Text in English and Italian. Blue cloth lettered in gilt, publisher's device on front cover. An ex-library copy but with minimal markings (rubber stamp on title page & bottom of text block and a library pocket on rear pastedown). This volume in the series Documentary History of the Jews in Italy illustrates the history of the Jews in Sicily during the last decade of the fourteenth century and the first two of the fifteenth. It... illustrates the events during the political upheavals which preceded the reunion of the island with Aragon. During that period the Jewish minority flourished, although affected by unsettled political conditions, along with the rest of the population. Over 500 documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the Jews and their relationships with the authorities, especially the two Martins, and their Christian neighbors. Much new information has come to light, and many facets of Jewish life in Sicily have been uncovered. The abundance of historical records in the archives of the Crown and of local authorities compares favorably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuries. Therefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary form. Much new information has come to light. The volume is again provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the Jews of the island. This is Volume 48.3 (Part 1) of the Brill series, "Studia Post Biblica." (SPB)., Brill, 1997, 5<

1997, ISBN: 9789004109773

Leiden: Brill, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. lxxxii, 598pp. Indices and 11 page bliography. Text in English and Italian. Black dust jacket decorated in blue and let… Meer...

Leiden: Brill, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. lxxxii, 598pp. Indices and 11 page bliography. Text in English and Italian. Black dust jacket decorated in blue and lettered in white, over blue cloth lettered in gilt. This volume in the series Documentary History of the Jews in Italy illustrates the history of the Jews in Sicily during the last decade of the fourteenth century and the first two of the fifteenth. It... iillustrates the events during the political upheavals which preceded the reunion of the island with Aragon. During that period the Jewish minority flourished, although affected by unsettled political conditions, along with the rest of the population. Over 500 documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the Jews and their relationships with the authorities, especially the two Martins, and their Christian neighbours. Much new information has come to light, and many facets of Jewish life in Sicily have been uncovered. The abundance of historical records in the archives of the Crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuries. Therefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary form. Much new information has come to light. The volume is again provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the Jews of the island. This is Volume 48.3 of the Brill series, "Studia Post Biblica." (SPB)., Brill, 1997, 5<