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Communal Organization: Taxation, Discipline and Courts
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Communal Organization: Taxation, Discipline and Courts

Introduction Introduction- Communal Organization Images Reaffirmation of the autonomy of the Jewish community of Speyer, 1333 Seal-stamp for unleavened bread, 14 th century Catalonia Seal of the Jewish community of Regensburg, 1356 Primary Texts Communal Taxes, Early-Eleventh-Century Responsum Communal Taxes in of Italy, 1416-18 Communal Ordinance Communal Taxes in Castile, 1432 Communal Ordinance Communal Discipline, […]

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Court Jews
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Court Jews

Overview Overview- Court Jews Secondary sources Cesarani, David. “The Forgotten Port Jews of London- Court Jews Who Were Also Port Jews.” Jewish Culture and History 4, no. 2 (2001)- 111-124. Eidelberg, Shlomo. “Abraham Aaron, a Court-Jew of the Seventeenth Century.” Michael- On the History of the Jews in the Diaspora 2 (1973)- 9-15. Graetz, Michael. […]

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