Shylock Reconsidered: Jews, Moneylending, and Medieval Society by Joseph Shatzmiller
Shylock Reconsidered: Jews, Moneylending, and Medieval Society

Joseph Shatzmiller

Shylock Reconsidered: Jews, Moneylending, and Medieval Society

Joseph Shatzmiller

255 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

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Moneylending provided the major source of livelihood for the Jewish communities of medieval Christian Europe, particularly in the centuries following the First Crusade. Even after Jews were expelled from England and most regions of Western Europe,...

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