Emily Taitz

The Jews of Medieval France (eBook, ePUB)

The Community of Champagne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the Jewish community of Champagne from the fifth century to the expulsion of 1306. It documents the growth and decline of the community, examines its interrelationships with the larger Christian culture, and presents a model for the study of other communities. The economic and political consolidation of the county, coupled with the development of Jewish self-government and a system of education in Talmudic law, were important factors in the growth of Champagne's Jewish community. The subsequent decline of the community in the mid-13th century was also attributable to economic and political factors, as well as a growing church influence. The Jews of Medieval France: The Community of Champagne also offers an in-depth analysis of women's place in the Jewish and gentile worlds of medieval France. Details and comparisons of women's status within the family and in business, and examples of attitudes toward women in literature and law are all thoroughly integrated into the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 1994
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216106654
• Artikelnr.: 70037119

Autorenporträt

Emily Taitz is an independent scholar and author of The Jews of Medieval France: The Community of Champagne (Greenwood, 1994) and numerous essays on Judaism and the coauthor of Remarkable Jewish Women: Rebels, Rabbis and Other Women from Biblical Times to the Present (2002), among other works.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: An Overview Beginnings: Jewish Settlement in
Champagne from the Fifth to the Ninth Century The Developing County and the
Jews' Place in It: The Tenth Century The Growth and Expansion of Community:
Jews in Champagne in the Eleventh Century From Strength to Strength:
Communal Development in the Twelfth Century Believers and Infidels: Jews in
the Christian World of Twelfth-Century Champagne The Jews of Champagne and
Thirteenth-Century Politics: France and Champagne Become One The Process of
Decline: The Changing Social and Economic Status of the Jews of Champagne
during the Thirteenth Century Conclusion Notes Glossary Selected
Bibliography Index