English royal policy towards the Jews' debtors, 1227-1290
This thesis attempts to analyse the English Crown's relations with the Jews' debtors between 1227 and 1290. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first section covers Crown/debtor relations between 1227 (the year in which Henry III officially undertook governance of the realm) and 1258, when a constitutional crisis temporarily ousted him from power. An attempt is made to delineate the components of royal policy during these years both the criteria which determined royal responses to debtors appealing to the Crown for relief, and the nature of those responses. It will be argued that royal attitudes toward debtors were informed primarily by the Crown's perception of Jewish wealth as a valued resource. Having delineated the pre-1258 pattern of response to debtors, we shall examine the fate of the indebted between 1258 and 1265, the period of reform and rebellion which culminated in the destruction of rebel forces under Simon de Montfort and the return to power of Henry III. In particular this section seeks to ascertain whether or not the civil war experience marked a watershed in Crown/debtor relations. Did treatment of debtors by the baronial and Montfortian regimes diverge from that of its royal predecessors?
Lieberman, Sharon Temple
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English royal policy towards the Jews' debtors, 1227-1290. This thesis attempts to analyse the English Crown's relations with the Jews' debtors between 1227 and 1290. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first section covers Crown/debtor relations between 1227 (the year in which Henry III officially undertook governance of the realm) and 1258, when a constitutional crisis temporarily ousted him from power. An attempt is made to delineate the components of royal policy during these years both the criteria which determined royal responses to debtors appealing to the Crown for relief, and the nature of those responses. It will be argued that royal attitudes toward debtors were informed primarily by the Crown's perception of Jewish wealth as a valued resource. Having delineated the pre-1258 pattern of response to debtors, we shall examine the fate of the indebted between 1258 and 1265, the period of reform and rebellion which culminated in the destruction of rebel forces under Simon de Montfort and the return to power of Henry III. In particular this section seeks to ascertain whether or not the civil war experience marked a watershed in Crown/debtor relations. Did treatment of debtors by the baronial and Montfortian regimes diverge from that of its royal predecessors?
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