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Record Nr.

UNINA9910520010403321

Autore

Toaff Ariel <1942->

Titolo

Love, work and death : Jewish life in medieval Umbria / / Ariel Toaff ; translated by Judith Landry [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, , 2020

ISBN

1-80034-095-8

1-909821-83-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

305.89240450902

Soggetti

Jews - Italy - Umbria - Social conditions

Jews - Italy - Umbria - Social life and customs

Umbria (Italy) Ethnic relations

Umbria (Italy) History To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Translated from the Italian.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The latter part of the thirteenth century is regarded as a key period in the history of Italian Jewry. During that time many Jewish communities sprang up in the regions of central and northern Italy. Their appearance marked a turning-point in the history of Jews in the Italian peninsula as the Jewish presence had previously been focused on Rome and the south. This acclaimed study, originally published in Italian, captures all the intricacies of everyday life in the medieval Jewish communities of Umbria. The text characterizes in detail the defining features of Jewish life in the region at that time and shows clearly how the common stereotype of a single, undifferentiated Jewish community does not reflect the reality.