Mirror of the Community? Jews and Books of Obligations in Eger (Cheb)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F25%3A10504213" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/25:10504213 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11320/26:MIGCGG27
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=wGUTvNcpuf" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=wGUTvNcpuf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/asch-2025-2007" target="_blank" >10.1515/asch-2025-2007</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Mirror of the Community? Jews and Books of Obligations in Eger (Cheb)
Original language description
Typically, books of obligations are utilized as primary sources for studying the credit trade, particularly in relation to the role of Jews. Research in this area often focuses on their involvement in credit transactions, examining aspects such as loan amounts, interest rates, pledges, and similar factors. These inquiries are valid, as they shed light on the role of Jewish financiers in the medieval economy. However, in this paper, I explore a different angle: what can the books of obligations reveal about the Jewish community itself and its broader involvement in moneylending and credit trade? The books of obligations preserved in Eger (Cheb) span nearly a century (1405-1496), providing a unique lens through which we can trace the community's participation and its evolving role within the broader financial landscape during this period.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60500 - Other Humanities and the Arts
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Aschkenas
ISSN
1016-4987
e-ISSN
1865-9438
Volume of the periodical
35
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
59-86
UT code for WoS article
001498279000010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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