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A Hebrew chronicle from Prague, C. 1615 [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daṿid, Avraham.
- Series:
- Judaic Studies Series
- Standardized Title:
- Kroniḳah ʻIvrit mi-Prag me-reshit ha-meʼah ha-17. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--History--16th century--Sources.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--History--17th century--Sources.
- Prague (Czech Republic)--Ethnic relations--Sources.
- Prague (Czech Republic).
- Local Subjects:
- Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--History--16th century--Sources.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--History--17th century--Sources.
- Prague (Czech Republic)--Ethnic relations--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (122 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Translated by Leon J. Weinberger with Dena Ordan ""This slender anonymous work, spanning 1389 to 1611, presents the priorities and concerns of a Jewish community straddling the late medieval and early modern periods. Ample footnotes and explanations provide the lay reader with sufficient background to understand the references to historical events and figures, to ideologies and to institutions. A comprehensive introduction presents the realities of Prague and Bohemia, as well as offering a helpful discussion of the chronicle and other contemporary Jewish accounts.""-Con
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Translators' Note; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; The Hebrew Chronicle; Appendix 1: Lists of Anti-Jewish Acts during the Medieval Period; Appendix 2: Excerpts from Zemah David relating to Bohemia; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-09700-3
- OCLC:
- 817893040
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