Plague, Politics, and Pogroms: The Black Death, the Rule of Law, and the Persecution of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire
Theresa Finley|Mark Koyama
This paper explores the institutional determinants of persecution by studying intensity Black Death pogroms in Holy Roman Empire. We provide evidence that communities governed archbishoprics, bishoprics, and imperial free cities experienced more intense violent persecutions than did those emperor. suggest political fragmentation exacerbated competition for rents generated Jewish moneylending, which made Jews vulnerable during periods crisis.
The Journal of Law and Economics|Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)