 Contents
New Page 4
Preface ix
Abbreviations x
Introduction: The Kingdom of Navarre
during the Middle Ages 1
The
Kingdom and its Monarchs 1
The
Kingdom, its Landscapes and its Population 7
Chapter One: The Communities of
Navarre 12
Demographic Expansion 13
The
Law and its Reflexion 20
A
Demanding Faith 30
Chapter Two: Jews at Work 34
Land
and Water 34
Jewish Occupations 44
Chapter Three: Jewish Moneylenders 55
The
principles 56
The
Practice of Moneylending 63
The
Men in Question 71
Chapter Four: State Service 80
Summoned to the Assistance of the State 80
In
Service of the King 92
Agents of the Court 101
Chapter Five: Figures and Families
107
The
Banker 107
Tax
Collectors and Suppliers of Goods 113
Two
Tax Collectors of Estella 119
Physician and Chief Rabbi 123
A
Typical Family 126
Chapter Six: From Tolerance to
Expulsion 131
Difficult Coexistence, Difficult Justice 132
The
Conversos, The King and the Church 142
Epilogue 148
Documents 149
Bibliography 251
Maps 253
Indices 256
Subjects 256
Places 260
Persons 263
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