This new-fangled age -- From ancient constitution to mosaic republic -- A new system of civil and commercial government -- The natural relation of things -- A state within a state -- The Israelites and the aristocracy -- Jews, commerce, and history -- Capitalism and the Jews -- Afterward :...

Introduction -- Expulsion, Jews, and Usury: Trajectories of Christian Thought and Practice -- Inventing Expulsion in England, 1154-1272 -- Inventing Expulsion in France, 1144-1270 -- Canonizing Expulsion: The Second Council of Lyon, 1274 -- Disseminating Expulsion: Synods, Summas, and Sermons --...

"In this rich transnational history, Cornelia Aust traces Jewish Ashkenazi families as they moved across Europe and established new commercial and entrepreneurial networks as they went. Aust balances economic history with elaborate discussions of Jewish marriage patterns, women's economic...

The Promise and Peril of Credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the West's centuries-long struggle to define the place of private finance in the social and political order. It does so through the lens of a persistent legend about Jews and money that reflected the anxieties...