Exile in the Maghreb Jews under Islam, sources and documents, 997-1912

The Exile in the Maghreb entails the first attempt at describing the historical reality of the legal and social condition of the Jews in the Muslim countries of North Africa (principally Algeria and Morocco) over a thousand year period from the Middle Ages (997 C.E.) to the French colonization (1830...

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Main Authors: Fenton, Paul (Author), Littman, David 1933-2012 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison [N.J.] Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2016
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Summary:The Exile in the Maghreb entails the first attempt at describing the historical reality of the legal and social condition of the Jews in the Muslim countries of North Africa (principally Algeria and Morocco) over a thousand year period from the Middle Ages (997 C.E.) to the French colonization (1830 Algeria/1912 Morocco.). The Exile is not a formal history but a chronological anthology of documents drawn from literary (section A) and archival sources (section B), many of which are published for the first time
Physical Description:xxxv, 7 unnumbered pages of plates, 627 pages illustrations, maps 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781611477870