This book explores the causes, progression and consequences of the extraordinary spread of anti-Jewish violence and mass conversion across five separate Spanish polities in 1391, from Seville to the Pyrenees, overwhelming Valencia, Barcelona and numerous other locations.
Dr. Michael Schraer is an independent researcher into ethno-religious relations, and the economic lives of the Jews, in medieval Spain. His publications include A Stake in the Ground, a book on real estate investment by Jews in the crown of Aragon, and works on the relationship between credit and land.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction.- 1. Roots.- 2. Famine, Plague and Unrest in the Fourteenth Century, 1348–1391.- 3. Gathering Storm Clouds, 1348–1390.- 4. Aftermath: Jews, Conversos, Inquisition and Expulsion.- 5. A Medieval Social Media Revolution?.