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Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance / Elisheva Baumgarten.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumgarten, Elisheva, author.
- Series:
- Jewish culture and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Judaism.
- Jewish way of life--History--To 1500.
- Jewish way of life.
- Ashkenazim--History--To 1500.
- Ashkenazim.
- Hasidism, Medieval.
- Jews--Europe--Social life and customs--To 1500.
- Jews.
- Jews--France--Social life and customs--History--To 1500.
- Jews--Germany--Social life and customs--History--To 1500.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism--History--To 1500.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Christianity.
- Interfaith relations.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- History.
- Relations.
- Manners and customs.
- Europe.
- France.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Standing before God: purity and impurity in the synagogue
- Jewish fasting and atonement in a Christian context
- Communal charity: evidence from Medieval Nurnberg
- Positive time-bound commandments: class, gender, and transformation
- Conspicuous in the city: Medieval Jews in urban centers
- Feigning piety: tracing two tales of pious pretenders
- Practicing piety: social and comparative perspectives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-322) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812246407
- 0812246403
- OCLC:
- 872139070
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