The Economic History of European Jews - Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages

"The Economic History of European Jews" attempts to make sense of the economic foundations of Jewish life in the different parts of late antique and early medieval Europe. In the first part Michael Toch describes the demographic arc, decline, subsequent rise, and spatial distribution of Jewish populations. This data is then broadened to include the range of economic activities. The second part analyses the actual share of Jews in different branches of the economy. This includes the idea of their pioneer role and the notion of an intercontinental network of Jewish commerce, the phenomenon of Jews in agriculture and entrepreneurship, gender roles and the household mode of production, and the difficult subject of the significance of minority status for economic activity, among others.

About the author

Michael Toch, Ph.D. (1978, Erlangen University), is Professor of Medieval History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published monographs, source editions and many articles on the German urban classes, the German and European peasantry, and German and European Jews.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Toch
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2012
• EAN: 9789004235342
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23534-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 714 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management