Jewish women in Europe in the Middle Ages : a quiet revolution /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goldin, Simha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:Gender in history.
Subjects:
Jewish women > Europe > History.
Social status > Europe > History.
Juives > Europe > Histoire.
Statut social > Europe > Histoire.
Medieval History.
HISTORY / Jewish.
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval.
HISTORY / Jewish
Jewish women
Social status
CE period up to c 1500.
Europe
Electronic books
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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