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The fruit of her hands : Jewish and Christian women's work in medieval Catalan cities / Sarah Ifft Decker.

Lippincott Library HD6178.C38 I44 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ifft Decker, Sarah, author.
Contributor:
Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
Series:
Iberian encounter and exchange, 475-1755 ; v. 7.
Iberian encounter and exchange, 475-1755 ; vol. 7
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jewish women--Employment--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500.
Jewish women.
Christian women--Employment--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500.
Christian women.
Notaries--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500.
Notaries.
Domestic relations--Spain--Catalonia--History--To 1500.
Domestic relations.
Catalonia (Spain)--Economic conditions.
Catalonia (Spain).
Christian women--Employment.
Economic history.
Jewish women--Employment.
Spain--Catalonia.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xiii, 233 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Summary:
"Explores how gender, socioeconomic status, and religious identity shaped the lives and work of Jewish and Christian women in medieval Catalan cities"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Marriage and inheritance in Catalan Christian legal culture
Gender, acculturation, and resistance in Catalan Jewish family law
Christian women in notarial culture
Jews, notaries, and the Christian city
Working women in medieval Catalan cities
Christian and Jewish women in the interreligious real estate market
Credit, change, and crisis in Catalan Jewish communities.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780271093307
0271093307
OCLC:
1296944232
Publisher Number:
99993575816

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