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

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