LEADER 04685nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910461294603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-12044-5 010 $a9786613120441 010 $a90-04-20361-3 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004192454.i-780 035 $a(CKB)2670000000093585 035 $a(EBL)717604 035 $a(OCoLC)729724688 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000502548 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12139456 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502548 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527241 035 $a(PQKB)10182242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC717604 035 $a(OCoLC)694566464 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004203617 035 $a(PPN)174393245 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL717604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10470477 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312044 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000093585 100 $a20101227d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween Scylla and Charybdis$b[electronic resource] $ethe Jews in Sicily /$fby Shlomo Simonsohn 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (794 p.) 225 1 $aBrill's series in Jewish studies,$x0926-2261 ;$vv. 43 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-19245-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPreliminary material -- From Rome to Spain -- The First Millennium -- Jewish Settlements (1) -- From Roman Citizens to Servants of the Royal Treasury -- The Jewish Community (1) -- Scholars and Poets -- Merchants, Artisans and Others -- Between Scylla and Charybdis -- The King?s Jews -- Taxation and Imposts -- Jewish Settlements (2) -- Migrations to and from Sicily -- Demography -- The Jews and the Law -- Slay them not Lest my People Forget -- The Jewish Community (2) -- Education and Culture -- The Economy -- The Individual and the Family -- The Expulsion -- Conclusion -- Table 1: Rulers 1282y1492 -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Geographical Index -- Subject Index -- PLATES SECTION. 330 $aThe history of the Jews in Sicily covers a period of over a thousand years, from Antiquity to the Expulsion, based on some 40,000 archival records, most of them hitherto unpublished. It illustrates the political, legal, economic, social and religious vicissitudes of the Jewish minority and its relations with the surrounding majority of Romans, Moslems and Christians. While the antecedents of the Jewish presence on the island are shrouded in mystery, more and more historical records surface with the passage of time. Those become abundant toward the later Middle Ages. At that time the Jews in Sicily were citizens and suffered from relatively few disabilities. This was true in particular in the economic sphere. No discriminatory legislation forced them into moneylending and trade in old clothes. They engaged in agriculture and industry, trade and commerce, including international trade and shipping, and in most professions, which in turn enhanced their social status. There was as an unusually large number of craftsmen and physicians among them. The majority, however, were labourers, on the land and in town. In the fifteenth century the Jewish population reached 25,000 or thereabouts, over half of contemporary Italian Jewry. All this came to a sudden end with the expulsion order issued by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492. Some 80% of the Jews went into exile, while the remainder converted to Catholicism, only to be caught in the net of the Spanish inquisition. \'This final volume of Simonsohn?s series provides readers with an excellent opportunity to obtain the gist of the scholarship in the previous volumes. Replete with tables detailing commodity prices, wages and salaries, marriage contracts, and demographics this work is an extremely informative and very readable description of the interaction between Jews and non-Jews in a not-so-closed society in the Middle Ages.\' Randall C. Belinfante, Librarian/Archivist, American Sephardi Federation, New York (AJL Reviews, Nov/Dec 2011) This book is also available in paperback. 410 0$aBrill's series in Jewish studies ;$vv. 43. 606 $aJews$zItaly$zSicily$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aSicily (Italy)$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJews$xHistory 676 $a945/.8004924 700 $aSimonsohn$b Shlomo$f1923-$0265918 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461294603321 996 $aBetween Scylla and Charybdis$92446897 997 $aUNINA