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Jewish Women in Europe in the Middle Ages : A quiet revolution /

Goldin's study explores the relationships between men and women within Jewish society living in Germany, northern France and England among the Christian population over a period of some 350 years. Looking at original Hebrew sources to conduct a social analysis, he takes us from the middle of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goldin, Simha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. 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
  • Sources
  • Glossary of Hebrew terms
  • Glossary of Talmudic scholars
  • Index.