Jewish Women in Europe in the Middle Ages : a quiet revolution
"The social structure of medieval Jewry was dominated by men who did not regard women as sharing equal status, and who took responsibility for the entire community, women included. This leadership sought to strengthen the family, the backbone of Jewish society, while attempting to improve their...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Manchester [u.a.] : Manchester Univ. Press,
2011
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Gender in history
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| Schlagworte: | Jewish women Women Women in Judaism Judaism Europa Jüdin Soziale Stellung Sozialgeschichte 1000-1350 |
| Umfang: | IX, 271 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Heroines by choice or by chance: martyrs, converts, and anusot (forced converts)
- Four differing paradigms of male attitudes to women
- Women and the family unit
- Marital relations, power and social standing
- Women and the Mitzvot
- Cases of some prominent Jewish women
- Conclusion.