History of the Jews in Aragon. Regesta and Documents, 1213-1327

Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University. Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 965223303X . KB31...x, 735, [3], 2 folding maps. Indexes, glossary, genealogical table. Dark green hardcover with leather look, gilt title, some minor rubbing at the corners, top corner a little bumped. Interior one page was folded in storage, otherwise clean and unmarked. Very scarce 1st Magnes edition of this work. Intro and commentary in English, text in French. Includes more than 3500 regesta in French and original documents mostly from the Archivo general de la Corona de Aragon... The sources, which cover a period of 114 years from 1213 to 1327 throw light on the political, religious, economic, social, communal and cultural life of the Jews in the Aragonese-Catalan empire during the reigns of James I-James II. ; Hispania Judaica; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 735 pages; From the publisher: This is the richest documentary evidence ever published on Jews of any land. The Documents and Regesta from the Archives of Aragon, originally published in numerous volumes of the Revue des Etudes Juives some five decades ago and now brought together for the first time, relate the story of one of the most important and fascinating medieval communities, one which produced great scientists linguists, translators and writers, financiers and businessmen, politicians and diplomats, scholars and Rabbis. Yet, the account remains essentially the life story of ordinary men and women from all classes and all walks of life. The extensive indexes and carefully - prepared tables, maps and glossary open new avenues for further historical research on the way they lived, the laws which governed them and the extensive lore which they produced. .