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Welcome to the University of Salford repository (USIR), an Open Access showcase for the published research output of the university. Our collection contains a wide range of research across multiple formats and subject areas.

Whenever possible, outputs will be made openly available here in full digital format for download, with many under a Creative Commons license. See our Policies for further information https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/policies.



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From Chirograph to Roll: The Records of Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Jewish Moneylending (2020)
Book Chapter
Irwin, D. (2020). From Chirograph to Roll: The Records of Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Jewish Moneylending. In Accounts and Accountability in Late Medieval Europe: Records, Procedures, and Socio-Political Impact (251-272). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers

This paper explores the administrative processes which resulted in the production of the scrutiny rolls prior to 1275-6. In so doing, it argues for the need to distinguish between acknowledgements of debt (products of the urban environment) and scr... Read More about From Chirograph to Roll: The Records of Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Jewish Moneylending.

The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276 (2018)
Journal Article
Irwin, D. (2018). The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276. #Journal not on list, 49, 56-71. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.jhs.2017v49.045

Acknowledgements of debt have long been used in the study of medieval Anglo-Jewish moneylending activities. Such studies have been primarily based upon a socio-economic approach. In contrast, this paper is based upon an analysis of the material, pala... Read More about The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276.