LEADER 04931nam 22007334a 450 001 9910780051303321 005 20221005185512.0 010 $a1-4008-0057-9 010 $a1-282-75375-4 010 $a9786612753756 010 $a1-4008-2314-5 010 $a1-4008-1100-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823147 035 $a(CKB)111056486505744 035 $a(EBL)581564 035 $a(OCoLC)700688446 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000438507 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11321747 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438507 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10452538 035 $a(PQKB)10388837 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185691 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182446 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185691 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215758 035 $a(PQKB)11137519 035 $a(OCoLC)51580058 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36166 035 $a(DE-B1597)446207 035 $a(OCoLC)979749205 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823147 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035770 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581564 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486505744 100 $a19990127d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Jews of France$b[electronic resource] $ea history from antiquity to the present /$fEsther Benbassa ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-09014-9 311 $a0-691-05984-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-270) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTranslator's Note --$tNote to the French Edition --$tPreface --$tForeword --$tChapter 1. The Origins of the Jewish Presence in Gaul --$tChapter 2. Nobles' Jews, Kings' Jews --$tChapter 3. Jewish Life in the Middle Ages --$tChapter 4. The Jews of the South --$tChapter 5. The Jews of the East and of Paris --$tChapter 6. On the Way to Emancipation --$tChapter 7. New Perspectives --$tChapter 8. Entry into French Society --$tChapter 9. Advancement and Identity --$tChapter 10. Breaches in Franco-Judaism --$tChapter 11. Between the Wars --$tChapter 12. The Dark Years --$tChapter 13. Recovery --$tChronology --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn the first English-language edition of a general, synthetic history of French Jewry from antiquity to the present, Esther Benbassa tells the intriguing tale of the social, economic, and cultural vicissitudes of a people in diaspora. With verve and insight, she reveals the diversity of Jewish life throughout France's regions, while showing how Jewish identity has constantly redefined itself in a country known for both the Rights of Man and the Dreyfus affair. Beginning with late antiquity, she charts the migrations of Jews into France and traces their fortunes through the making of the French kingdom, the Revolution, the rise of modern anti-Semitism, and the current renewal of interest in Judaism. As early as the fourth century, Jews inhabited Roman Gaul, and by the reign of Charlemagne, some figured prominently at court. The perception of Jewish influence on France's rulers contributed to a clash between church and monarchy that would culminate in the mass expulsion of Jews in the fourteenth century. The book examines the re-entry of small numbers of Jews as New Christians in the Southwest and the emergence of a new French Jewish population with the country's acquisition of Alsace and Lorraine. The saga of modernity comes next, beginning with the French Revolution and the granting of citizenship to French Jews. Detailed yet quick-paced discussions of key episodes follow: progress made toward social and political integration, the shifting social and demographic profiles of Jews in the 1800's, Jewish participation in the economy and the arts, the mass migrations from Eastern Europe at the turn of the twentieth century, the Dreyfus affair, persecution under Vichy, the Holocaust, and the postwar arrival of North African Jews. Reinterpreting such themes as assimilation, acculturation, and pluralism, Benbassa finds that French Jews have integrated successfully without always risking loss of identity. Published to great acclaim in France, this book brings important current issues to bear on the study of Judaism in general, while making for dramatic reading. 606 $aJews$zFrance$xHistory 607 $aFrance$xEthnic relations 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 676 $a944/.004924 700 $aBenbassa$b Esther$0488513 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780051303321 996 $aThe Jews of France$93674474 997 $aUNINA