ISBN:
9789004473386
,
9780391041455
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2004
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Series Statement:
Studies in Central European Histories 32
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Shulamit and Margarete : Power, Gender, and Religion in a Rural Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Keywords:
Jews History
;
1096-1800
;
Jews Social conditions
;
Jewish women History
;
Jewish women Social conditions
;
Jews History 1096-1800
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
Abstract:
Shulamit and Margarete takes a microhistorical look at a small village on the border of Germany and France in the eighteenth century. Drawing on the rich source material of the village, it casts a searching light on the boundaries created by language, states, religions, cultures, sex, and gender. By writing the history of the village from multiple perspectives, the author is able to uncover fascinating artefacts of a cultural contact between Christians and Jews, and to gain insights into the agency and experiences of women in rural society. The book is enhanced by a variety of sources and illustrations relating to Jewish history, such as the last will of Abraham Levy and the previously unknown portraits of Fromette Levy and Bernard Lipmann
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Preface to the English Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaches: The Village -- 3. Searching for Clues: Spheres of Female Agency in the Mirror of Biography -- 4. Contexts: Outlines of a Village Society -- 5. A Shift in Perspective: The History of the Jewish Community -- 6. "Woman-She is the House": Glimpses of Jewish Women's Lives -- 7. From the Margin to the Center: Christian-Jewish Relations -- 8. Concluding Reflections -- Appendix: Last Will of Abraham Jacob -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Authors.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004473386
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