1st Edition
Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy For Love and Money
By Howard Tzvi Adelman
Copyright 2018
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the role of women in Jewish family negotiations, using the setting of Italy from the end of the Renaissance to the Baroque. In ghettos at night and under the scrutiny of inquisitions, Jews flourished. Life and learning were enriched by Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, the Ottoman Empire, transalpine Europe, west and east, and Catholic neighbors. Rabbinic discourse represented... Read more
1. Introduction: Jews, Women, and Rabbis in Italy 2. Negotiating Engagement: Anticipating Danger 3. Breaking Betrothals: Fleeing Danger 4. Negotiating in and out of Marriage 5. Anticipating Death: Negotiating Assets 6. Remarriage: Negotiations Between Families 7. Conclusion
Biography
Howard Tzvi Adelman is Director of the Jewish Studies Program and Associate Professor of History at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
