A stake in the ground : Jews and property investment in the medieval crown of Aragon

Author(s)

• Schraer, Michael

Bibliographic Information

A stake in the ground : Jews and property investment in the medieval crown of Aragon

by Michael Schraer

（The medieval and early modern Iberian world, v. 69）

Brill, c2019

• : hardback

Note

Substantial revision and expanded version of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2016, titled Real estate and the Jews of the crown of Aragon, 1150-1400

Bibliography: p. [251]-269

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In A Stake in the Ground, Michael Schraer explores the economic functions of real estate amongst the Jews of the medieval crown of Aragon. He challenges the view of medieval Jews as primarily money-lenders and merchants, finding compelling evidence for extensive property trading and investment. Jews are found as landlords to Christian tenants, transferring land in dowries, wills and gifts. Property holdings were often extremely valuable. For some, property was a major part of their asset portfolios. Whilst many property transactions were linked to the credit boom, land also acted as a liquid and tradeable investment asset in its own right. This is a key contribution to the economic history of medieval Iberia and of medieval Jews. See inside the book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Orthography Currencies, Land Areas and Weights and Measures Glossary 1 Introduction Part 1: Jews as Property Investors: The Evidence 2 Property Rights 3 Jews in the Market for Land 4 Lords of the Land? Jews as Rentiers and Cultivators 5 Dowries, Wills and Gifts Property and the Transfer of Wealth 6 The Link between Credit and Land Part 2: Property and the Jewish Economy 7 The Economic Case for Property Asset Choices, Risk and Return 8 Credit and Property in the Wealth of the Jews 9 Postscript Appendix 1: Currencies and Equivalences Appendix 2: Land Areas, Weights and Measures in the Archival Sources Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB28167433
• ISBN:
  • 9789004392373
• LCCN: 2019001445
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 284 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS135.S75
  • DC23 : 333.3089/92404655
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jews -- Spain -- Aragon -- History
  • LCSH : Jewish property -- Spain -- Aragon -- History
  • LCSH : Real estate business -- Spain -- Aragon -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA64172338