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Anglický jazyk
Court Jew
Autor: Frederic P. Miller
Court Jew is a term for historical Jewish bankers or businessmen who lent money and handled the finances of some of the Christian European noble houses. A corresponding historical term is Jewish Bailiff. See also shtadlan. Examples of what would be later... Viac o knihe
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Court Jew is a term for historical Jewish bankers or businessmen who lent money and handled the finances of some of the Christian European noble houses. A corresponding historical term is Jewish Bailiff. See also shtadlan. Examples of what would be later called court Jews emerged during the Renaissance when local rulers used services of Jewish bankers for short-term loans. They lent money to nobles and in the process gained social influence. Noble patrons of court Jews employed them as financiers, suppliers, diplomats and trade delegates. Court Jews could use their family connections, and connections between each Due to the precarious social position of Jews, some nobles could just ignore their debts. If the sponsoring noble died,other, to provision their sponsors with, among others things, food, arms, ammunition and precious metals. In return for their services, court Jews gained social privileges-sometimes even titles-and could live outside the Jewish ghettoes. Some nobles wanted to keep their bankers in their own courts. And because they were under noble protection, they were exempted from rabbinical jurisdiction.
- Vydavateľstvo: OmniScriptum
- Rok vydania: 2026
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 220 x 150 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9786130098094
