Daily Life of the Jews in the Middle Ages (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)
Editorial Reviews
Review
“[D]esigned for high schoolers, undergraduates, and general readers whol have little background in Jewish culture or Jews in the Middle Ages. This book is not a history of Jews in the medieval period but instead focuses on aspects of Jewish culture and daily life, such as how the Jews lived and what was important to them as individuals and communities during this period.”–
“Chapters cover everything from the Jewish community to the interactions of Jews in other societies, providing a strong overview of the politics, economics, and history surrounding early Jewish daily life.”–
“[P]resents a comprehensive and well researched picture of the daily life of Jews during the Middle Ages....”–
Book 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.
Daily Life of the Jews in the Middle Ages (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)
Daily Life of the Jews in the Middle Ages (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series),Norman Roth,Greenwood Press,031332865X,Anthropology - Cultural,History,History - General History,History: World,Jewish - General,Medieval,Social History,History / Medieval
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