Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
ISBN:
9781461638001
Content:
Jews in the Early Modern World presents a comparative and global history of the Jews for the early modern period, 1400-1700. It traces the remarkable demographic changes experienced by Jews around the globe and assesses the impact of those changes on Jewish communal and social structures, religious and cultural practices, and relations with non-Jews.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Table of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline of Events -- Introduction: Time, Space, and Perspective -- 1 - A Medieval Context -- MEDIEVAL PRECEDENTS -- JEWS AND MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN SOCIETY -- JEWS AND MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC SOCIETY -- OTHER CONTEXTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 2 - Settlement and Demography -- EARLY MODERN JEWISH DEMOGRAPHY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- JEWISH POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT IN EUROPE -- JEWISH POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE ISLAMIC LANDS -- JEWISH POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT AT THE EDGES OF THE WORLD -- THE COMPLEXITIES OF JEWISH SETTLEMENT -- COMPLEX AND MULTIETHNIC COMMUNITIES: THE EXAMPLES OF HAMBURG AND SAFED -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 3 - Community and Social Life -- THE NATURE OF JEWISH COMMUNITY -- COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE -- SOCIAL RELATIONS -- PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 4 - Identity: Religion and Culture -- TRADITION AND BELIEF -- DEVIANCE? -- JEWS AND CULTURE IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 5 - Relations with the Other -- THE BASIS OF JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH RELATIONS -- INTERACTION OF JEWS AND NON-JEWS -- FORMS OF INTERACTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742545182
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780742545182
Language:
English
Keywords:
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1318866
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