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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462336703321

Autore

Malkiel David Joshua

Titolo

Reconstructing Ashkenaz [[electronic resource] ] : the human face of Franco-German Jewry, 1000-1250 / / David Malkiel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8047-8684-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C

Stanford series in Jewish history and culture

Disciplina

943/.0004924

Soggetti

Ashkenazim - Europe, Western - History - To 1500

Christianity and other religions - Judaism

Crusades

Judaism - Relations - Christianity

Sephardim - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. Image; 2. Adumbrations; 3. Martyrdom; 4. Survival; 5. Apostates; 6. Deviance; 7. Christians; 8. Sepharad; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reconstructing Ashkenaz shows that, contrary to traditional historical accounts, the Jews of western Europe in the High Middle Ages were not a society of saints and martyrs.