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Baumgarten, Elisheva.

Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz men, women, and everyday religious observance / [electronic resource] : Elisheva Baumgarten. - First edition. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Jewish culture and contexts . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Standing before God: purity and impurity in the synagogue -- Jewish fasting and atonement in a Christian context -- Communal charity: evidence from Medieval Nurnberg -- Positive time-bound commandments: class, gender, and transformation -- Conspicuous in the city: Medieval Jews in urban centers -- Feigning piety: tracing two tales of pious pretenders -- Practicing piety: social and comparative perspectives.

ISBN: 9780812290127 0812290127

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity and other religions--Judaism--History--To 1500.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.
Jews--Social life and customs--History--Germany--To 1500.
Jews--Social life and customs--History--France--To 1500.
Jews--Social life and customs--Europe--To 1500.
Hasidism, Medieval.
Ashkenazim--History--To 1500.
Jewish way of life--History--To 1500.
Judaism--History--Europe--To 1500.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM290 / .B38 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 296.7094/0902