ENGLISH

In and out of the Ghetto. Jewish-Gentile Relations in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany

By R. Po-chia Hsia , Hartmut Lehmann

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9780521522892, 0521522897
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20728139 bytes)
Series
Publications of the German Historical Institute
Pages
339\339
Topic
History
Time added
2015-04-01 07:25:47

Description

This is the first comprehensive account of Jewish-Gentile relations in central Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, with particular emphasis on cultural, economic, social, and political issues, and incorporating much new research. Individually, the essays probe the central questions of Jewish development within the territorial states, secular and clerical, and in both rural and urban environments. The authors grapple with such relevant issues as cultural identity, representation, toleration, and minority/majority relations.- First comprehensive account of Jewish-Gentile relations in Germany before the Enlightenment - most accounts look at the later period- Deals with all aspects of Jewish life in the German territories including economics, the professions, religion, linguistics, folklore- Incorporates the most recent scholarship in the field.

Similar books