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Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance

Title
Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance / Elisheva Baumgarten.
Author
Baumgarten, Elisheva
Publication
  • Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Description
334 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Jewish culture and contexts
Uniform Title
Jewish culture and contexts.
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Judaism > Europe > History > To 1500
  • Jewish way of life > History > To 1500
  • Ashkenazim > History > To 1500
  • Hasidism, Medieval
  • Jews > Europe > Social life and customs > To 1500
  • Jews > France > Social life and customs > To 1500
  • Jews > Germany > Social life and customs > To 1500
  • Judaism > Relations > Christianity > History > To 1500
  • Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History > To 1500
  • Ashkenazim
  • Christianity
  • Interfaith relations
  • Jewish way of life
  • Jews > Social life and customs
  • Judaism
  • Europe
  • France
  • Germany
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-322) and index.
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.
Call Number
*PXI 14-919
ISBN
  • 9780812246407
  • 0812246403
LCCN
2014006034
OCLC
872139070
Author
Baumgarten, Elisheva, author.
Title
Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance / Elisheva Baumgarten.
Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Jewish culture and contexts
Jewish culture and contexts.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-322) and index.
Chronological Term
To 1500
Research Call Number
*PXI 14-919
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