A Woman Is Responsible for Everything : Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Debra.

Contributor:

Carlebach, Elisheva.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life In small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions, leading institutions and sororities, and crafting.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

1. Life in the Kehillah

2. Sacred Societies: Women's Hevrot

3. Honor and Shame, Center and Periphery

4. Jewish Women and Print Culture

5. Ordinary and Literary Writing

Color plates

6. Dynamic Households

7. Economic Agents

8. Material Worlds

9. Last Words

10. Bodies and Souls

11. Custom and Ritual

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-26863-0

OCLC:

1530377145