A stake in the ground : Jews and property investment in the medieval crown of Aragon
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A stake in the ground : Jews and property investment in the medieval crown of Aragon
（The medieval and early modern Iberian world, v. 69）
Brill, c2019
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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.
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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
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