RT Article
T1 Trust and the Jews of Sijilmassa in Mallorca, 1240-1256
JF Aschkenas
VO 35
IS 2
SP 265
OP 315
A1 Hancock, Annabel Laura
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1963295307
AB For a short time from 1240 to 1256, a Jewish community from Sijilmassa was resident in Palma de Mallorca and took part in a variety of economic and social relationships, participating in a culture of trust. Using the concept of "trust work," this study explores mechanisms of risk, character, and uncertainty management, in the form of interest rates, guarantors, collateral/pledges, promise and fides phrases, oaths, and flexible repayment terms. Analysis is based on two small databases of transcribed contracts: one containing 69 contracts involving Jews from Sijilmassa identified in the registers of the Arxiu del Regne de Mallorca and a Comparative Set of 245 loans written between 1240 and 1256. Findings suggest that both Jews and Christians participated in a shared culture of trust in credit financing and that interpersonal relationships, rather than community identity, shaped decisions to engage in various forms of trust work.
K1 Mallorca
K1 Vertrauen
K1 inter-religious interaction
K1 interreligiöse Interaktion
K1 Trust
DO 10.1515/asch-2025-2014