The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender

1. Introduction: Jousting with Windmills
Julie L. Mell

Part One. Modern History and Medieval Narratives

2. The Economic Function of the Jews: A Nineteenth-Century Story
Julie L. Mell

3. Twentieth-Century Trajectories in European Economic History and the “Economic Function of the Jews”
Julie L. Mell

Part Two. Some Facts: Merry Old England

4. “Rich as a Jew”? Wealth and Lending among Anglo-Jews
Julie L. Mell

5. An Economic Function for the Crown? On Tallage, Taxation, and the Legal Status of the Jews
Julie L. Mell

Nyckelord: History, History of Medieval Europe, Labor History, Social History