Contents
New Page 8
PREFACE
9
Abbreviations
12
Chapter One Historical Evolution
of Valencian Jewry
13
Chapter Two Jewish Society and
its Segregation
in Valencia
21
The Assaults on the Jewish Quarters of the Kingdom in 1391 21
Demographic Aspects of Valencian Jewry 66
The
aljama: Axis of the Internal Organization 80
Marriage and Death 92
The
Jewish Families 101
Religion as a Cementing Factor 106
The
Jewish Quarters. Meat and Clothing of the Jews 120
The
Jews and the Royal Authority 136
Jews,
Christians and Muslims: Three Closely Connected Social Groups
161
Crime
in Jewish Society 172
Chapter Three
The Activities of the Jews
183
Moneylending 184
Commercial Activities 193
Jewish Craftsmen 218
Liberal Professions 224
Censales and Violarios 225
Jewish Property 229
Chapter Four Jewish Quarters in
the Kingdom
of Valencia
239
Chapter Five The Expulsion of the
Jews 279
The
Expulsion in Different Jewish Communities 280
The
Embarkation of the Jews 286
Taxes
and Demography 297
BIBLIOGRAPHY 300
LIST OF T H E JEWS
OF VALENCIA IN THE XVth CENTURY 308
DOCUMENTS 323
INDICES 703
Persons 703
Places 714
Subjects 719
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