| Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages Revised Edition Contributor(s): Katz, Jacob (Author), Cooperman, Bernard Dov (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0815628277 ISBN-13: 9780815628279 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: Jacob Katz's landmark study of Jewish life in the High Middle Ages sheds new light on the origins of modernity, including Jewish-Gentile relations, the Jewish role in early capitalism, the beginnings of Haskala (Enlightenment) and of Hasidism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| LCCN: 99089432 |
| Series: Medieval Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.15" W x 9.38" (1.23 lbs) 410 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A new edition of Katz's study of European Jewish society at end of the Middle Ages. It taps into a rich source, the responsa literature of the Rabbinic establishment of the time, a time when self-governing communities of Jews dealt with their own civil and religious issues. |