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Publications & Services> Books> Book Series> The Jews in Sicily, Volume 1 (383-1300) The Jews in Sicily, Volume 1 (383-1300) Shlomo Simonsohn Books Available Publication year: 1997 ISBN-13 (i)The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) has been changed from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007: 978 90 04 10977 3 ISBN-10: 90 04 10977 3 Cover: Cloth with dustjacket Number of pages: lxxxii, 598 pp. (English) List price: ¿ 450 Readership Students and specialists of medieval Jewish history. About the author(s) Shlomo Simonsohn is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University. He is a former rector of the university and former chairman of the rectors and presidents conference of Israel. He has published extensively on the history of the Jews in Italy, the Papal See and the Jews and cognate subjects. This volume in the series Documentary History of the Jews in Italy illustrates the history of the Jews in Sicily during the last decade of the fourteenth century and the first two of the fifteenth. It is the sequel to the first and second volumes on the history of the Jews in Sicily, and illustrates the events during the political upheavals which preceded the reunion of the island with Aragon. During that period the Jewish minority flourished, although affected by unsettled political conditions, along with the rest of the population. Over 500 documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the Jews and their relationships with the authorities, especially the two Martins, and their Christian neighbours. Much new information has come to light, and many facets of Jewish life in Sicily have been uncovered. The abundance of historical records in the archives of the Crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuries. Therefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary form. Much new information has come to light. The volume is again provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the Jews of the island. Size: Ottavo