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In early modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (German: Hofjude, Yiddish: הויף איד, romanized: hoyf id) or court factor (German: Hoffaktor, Yiddish: קאַורט פאַקטאַר, romanized: kourt faktor) was a Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, royalty and nobility.
Court Jews were then found in most of the principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, and in some of the adjoining states, such as Poland and Denmark. In some places they lived near the court, and in others the court made use of their services in one of the great commercial centers like Frankfurt or Hamburg. They were given a great variety of ...
Court Jew is a term for Jewish leaders who rose to positions of influence in Christian European noble houses. The first historical examples of what would be later called "court Jews" emerged during the Renaissance, when local rulers used services of wealthy Jews for short-term loans.
Court Jews. Court Jews were purveyors who provided food, fodder, and munitions to the European courts in return for special privileges. By Howard Sachar
- Howard Sachar
15 de feb. de 2016 · The Court Jew—a position of strange esteem dating as far back as the 12 th century and spanning nearly all of the Middle Ages—was a banker who reliably lent money to European higher-ups....
- Zachary Solomon
COURT JEWS (Court contractors and suppliers ). Medieval princes used the commercial and financial services of individual Jews. However, as an institution, the Court Jew is a feature of the absolutist state, especially in Central Europe, from the end of the 16 th century onward.
The Life of a Court Jew. Glikl of Hameln’s writings say much about Jewish commercial families in Central and Western Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries. by. Natalie Zemon Davis. March ...
