{"product_id":"9780691240930-no-return","title":"No Return","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking new history of the shared legacy of expulsion among Jews and Christian moneylenders in late medieval Europe\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in the twelfth century, Jewish moneylenders increasingly found themselves in the crosshairs of European authorities, who denounced the evils of usury as they expelled Jews from their lands. Yet Jews were not alone in supplying coin and credit to needy borrowers. Across much of Western Europe, foreign Christians likewise engaged in professional moneylending, and they too faced repeated threats of expulsion from the communities in which they settled. \u003ci\u003eNo Return\u003c\/i\u003e examines how mass expulsion became a pervasive feature of European law and politics—with tragic consequences that have reverberated down to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unpublished archival evidence ranging from fiscal ledgers and legal opinions to sermons and student notebooks, Rowan Dorin traces how an association between usury and expulsion entrenched itself in Latin Christendom from the twelfth century onward. Showing how ideas and practices of expulsion were imitated and repurposed in different contexts, he offers a provocative reconsideration of the dynamics of persecution in late medieval society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncovering the protean and contagious nature of expulsion, \u003ci\u003eNo Return\u003c\/i\u003e is a panoramic work of history that offers new perspectives on Jewish-Christian relations, the circulation of norms and ideas in the age before print, and the intersection of law, religion, and economic life in premodern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55196820603254,"sku":"9780691240930","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32496684.jpg?v=1740504171","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780691240930-no-return","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}