Jewish Women in Europe in the Middle Ages

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.

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

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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