Goldin Jewish Women in Europe in the Middle Ages

A quiet revolution
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4827-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Gender in History

Looks at the relationships between men and women within Jewish communities living in Germany, northern France and England in the late Middle Ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldin, Simha

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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