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Vidal had also made himself a vital part of the Jewish effort to economically revitalize the area of the
Palancia river. By 1487 the effort was paying off and the area had become a successful Jewish community. The community was temporarily exiled for two years by the
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Montalvo, The Jews of the Kingdom of Valencia (Jerusalem, 1993), p. 219. On the business ventures and slave trade of Vidal and his son, see Mark Meyerson, A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-century Spain (Princeton, 2004), pp. 116, 136 and
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between 1484 and 1485, for a total of 10,575 sous. In 1486 their business was cut abruptly when the bailiff general issued a decree forbidding the purchase of
African slaves from Guinea "lest their Christianization be impeded".
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Vidal was the most prestigious member of a long tradition of silversmiths of the Jewish faith that went back over a century, which earned him the title of Royal
Silversmith of Aragon, and Ferdinand's trust.
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C. Montenegro, M. (2014), “Miedo a la soledad y al desamparo. Algunas respuestas de la sociedad y del hombre medieval”, en En la España
Medieval, 37. Madrid: UCM, pp. 363-375
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He established his son, Jahuda, as his agent in
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of Sagunto was one of the largest of Aragon. It included various institutions for social beneficence and a school for
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