Jewish Women in Europe in the Middle Ages - A Quiet Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Simha Goldin is Senior Lecturer in Jewish History at Tel Aviv University, Israel Klappentext Looks at the relationships between men and women within Jewish communities living in Germany, northern France and England in the late Middle Ages. Zusammenfassung Looks at the relationships between men and women within Jewish communities living in Germany! northern France and England in the late Middle Ages. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface1. Introduction 2. Heroines by choice or by chance: martyrs, converts, and anusot (forced converts) 3. Four differing paradigms of male attitudes to women 4. Women and the family unit 5. Marital relations, power and social standing 6. Women and the Mitzvot 7. Cases of some prominent Jewish women Conclusion Translated samples of the original source material SourcesGlossary of Hebrew termsGlossary of Talmudic scholarsIndex

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Simha Goldin is Senior Lecturer in Jewish History at Tel Aviv University, Israel

Product details

• Authors: Simha Goldin, Goldin Simha
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719083297
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8329-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Gender in History; Gender in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Jewish Studies, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Gender studies: women, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Relating to Jewish people and groups, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Social groups: religious groups and communities