Pious and Rebellious: Jewish Women in Medieval Europe

by Avraham Grossman

Book Overview

This volume, an amazing act of historical recovery and reconstruction, offers a comprehensive examination of Jewish women in Europe during the High Middle Ages (1000-1300). Avraham Grossman covers multiple aspects of women's lives in medieval Jewish society, including the image of woman, the structure of the family unit, age at marriage, position in family and society, her place in economic and religious life, her education, her role in family ceremonies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584653922
• ISBN13: 9781584653929
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"