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Jews in Slovenia in the Middle Ages

Author: Klemen Jelinčič Boeta
Year: 2024


Jews in Slovenia in the Middle-Ages is exploring the medieval Jewish history of Carinthia, Styria, Carniola, Gorizia County, Trieste and northern Venetian Istria. The description starts with the Antiquity, including the treatment of Aquileia, and ends with the expulsion of Jews from Carinthia and Styria in 1496 and from Carniola in 1515. The book is covering the topic thoroughly with the examination of all the available sources and literature writing about them until the present day. It is an indispensable work for all those trying to understand the medieval Jewish history of Southeastern Alps, Inner Austria and Slovenia.

Klemen Jelinčič Boeta, PhD, graduated at the universities of Tel Aviv and Ljubljana and wrote a series of books in Jewish studies in Slovenian (Kratka zgodovina Judov, 'Short History of Jews', Judje na Slovenskem, 'Jews of Slovenia', Judje na Slovenskem v srednjem veku, 'Jews in Slovenia in Middle-Ages', in Uvod v judovstvo, 'Introduction to Judaism', 2009-2010), as well as papers on medieval Jewish experience in Slovenian lands, both in Slovenian and English. He also wrote the books Vzhodne cerkve na kratko, 'Eastern Churches in Brief' (2015) and Protestantske cerkve in skupnosti, 'Protestant Churches and Communities' (2018), both in Slovenian, followed by Languages and Peoples of Europe (2021), published in Slovenian and English versions.



Table of content

Introduction

I Primary Sources on Jews in Medieval Slovenia

II Jews of the Southeastern Alps in Late Antiquity

III Position of Jews in the Roman world
Jewish Diaspora of the Roman Period
ChristianRoman Imperial Legislation on Jews
Early Christianity and Judaism

IV The Early Middle Ages and the ‘Jewish villages’
The Early Middle Ages
‘Jewish Villages’ and Other ‘Jewish Places’ or Judenorte

V Jewish Legal Position within Medieval Latin Europe
The Church, the Papacy and Latin Canon Law on Jews
The Restored Western Empire and the Secular Jewry laws
Servitus Iudaeorum

VI The Legal Position of Jews in Carinthia, Styria, Carniola, Gorizia County,
Trieste, and Northern Venetian Istria
Courts for Jews and Judges of the Jews
Individual Charters
Medieval Cities, Ecclesiastical Possessions and the Republic of Venice

VII Expansion of Jewish Settlement
Carinthia
East Tyrol
Styria
Carniola
Gorizia
Eastern Friuli
Northern Venetian Istria
Trieste

VIII Diaspora of the Southeastern Alps
Interconnectedness
Custom of Austria and Maribor
Personal Names
Language

IX Jewish Community
Community
Social Stratification
The Economic and Political Position of Women
Charity or Tzdakah
Taxes `
Community Officials
Rabbis and Rabbinical law
Scenes of Jewish Communal Life
Family
Some Outstanding Individuals and Their Families
Everyday Life and Life Cycle

X Economic Activities
Commerce
Mints and Toll Stations
Moneylending Activities
Other Activities

XI Living with Christians
Everyday Life
Persecutions of Jews

XII Expulsions
Deterioration of the Jewish Position in the Fifteenth Century
Expulsion from Carinthia and Styria in 1496
Expulsion from Carniola in 1515
Fate of the Exiles

Conclusion

Appendix: Personal Names Preserved in Documents from the Territory of the Republic of Slovenia

Sources and Literature
List of Maps
Index of Geographical Places
 

 



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Keywords
Austria
history
Jews
Middle Ages
Slovenia




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