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

Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance / Elisheva Baumgarten.

Author/creator	Baumgarten, Elisheva
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Description	334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	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 --History --To 1500. Jews--Germany --Social life and customs --History --To 1500. Judaism--Relations --Christianity --History --To 1500. Christianity and other religions--Judaism --History --To 1500.

Series	Jewish culture and contexts
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-322) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014006034
ISBN	9780812246407 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0812246403 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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