Daily life of the Jews in the Middle Ages
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Daily life of the Jews in the Middle Ages
（Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series）
Greenwood Press, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index
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Description
Though certainly not untouched by tragedy, the historical period of the Middle Ages was a dynamic and prosperous time for Jewish civilization; for despite the mass expulsions and periodic attacks that the Jews of the time suffered, they also managed prolonged periods of at least civil relations with the Christian and Muslim cultures that surrounded them, periods in which the Jewish culture at large produced great poetry and important philosophical and theological works, and made inspired contributions to mathematics and the sciences. Accessible to the general reader but enlightening also to the scholar, Norman Roth's account of the diverse and diffuse culture of Jewish daily life in the medieval world offers a direct look on this profoundly historical people, who through their unique relationship with the cultures that surrounded them touched obliquely on so much else in the world of the Middle Ages—as well as on that of the present day.
For ease of use by students, the work is organized into chapters covering all aspects of daily life: education, marriage and family life, the Jewish community at large, religious customs and observances, work, medicine, literature and the arts, the dangers of being Jewish, and the relationship between Jews and Gentiles. It includes a historical timeline of the critical events in the Jewish experience of the middle ages, a glossary of terms, and a bibliography for further reading. Throughout the work Roth shows the circumstances surrounding and at times invading Jewish life at the time, and paints a picture that is at once intimate and also comprehensive. This work will provide school and public librarians with a resource on Jewish culture that is unique, highly informative, historically accurate, and compelling to a high degree.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Note to the Reader
Chronology
Defining the Medieval Jew
Education
Marriage and Family Life
The Community
Synagogue, Customs and Observances
Occupations and Professions
Medicine
Literature and the Arts
The Dangers of Being Jewish
Relations Between Jews and Gentiles
Glossary
Bibliography
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