Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is Crime? -- Why Crime? -- Methodology and Methodological Issues -- Historical Context -- The Concepts of Crime and Punishment in Medieval Europe -- Temporal and Geographical Scope -- The Scarcity of Hi...
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Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Publié: |
Detroit
Wayne State University Press
[2021]
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Dans: | Année: 2021 |
Recensions: | [Rezension von: Shoham-Shṭainer, Efrayim, 1968-, Jews and crime in medieval Europe] (2022) (Ḳaplan, Devorah)
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Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Europe
/ Juifs
/ Criminalité
/ Histoire 500-1500
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Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Christian Life
B Jews-History-Europe B Electronic books B Judaism-Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789-History B Jewish criminals-History |
Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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Résumé: | Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is Crime? -- Why Crime? -- Methodology and Methodological Issues -- Historical Context -- The Concepts of Crime and Punishment in Medieval Europe -- Temporal and Geographical Scope -- The Scarcity of Historical Information -- The History of Medieval Crime -- The History of Jewish Medieval Crime -- The Sources -- The Plan of This Book -- 1. "The Thieves That Go from House to House": Jewish Thieves in Medieval Europe -- A Time of Great Risk, Opportunity, and Change: The Late Tenth and Early to Mid-Eleventh Century -- A Guilty Conscience Needs No Accuser? -- For We Can Do No Wrong: Jewish Communal Regulations on Theft -- Stealing from Jews -- Using Magic to Steal -- People of the Book: The Rough Waters and the Solemn Banks of the Stolen Hebrew Book Market -- Battling Theft by Preaching -- Theft within and from the Community -- 2. "Be Gone Thou Man of Blood": Murder and Murderers in Medieval European Jewish Society -- An Israelite and a Levi on the Edge of Tzarfat: A Case from Limoges, Late Tenth Century -- The Status of a Murderer: What's in a Gaze? -- "He Who Kills in Our Times": From the Gaonic Period to Fifteenth-Century Europe -- Lethal Inclinations, Gentiles, and Exile: The Homilies of Rabbi Judah the Pious -- A Murderer in Our Midst: Addressing Extreme Violence in the Community -- 3. Women and Crime -- Methodological Problems -- Prostitution -- Violence in the Domestic Sphere -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: "Lest She Go Astray" -- Appendix 2: The Plundered Goods Caravan -- Appendix 3: The Renegade Cleric -- Appendix 4: Letter of Deliverance -- Appendix 5: The Case from Poland -- Appendix 6: The Manual of Penance -- Appendix 7: A Ḥazan Who Has Killed a Soul -- Appendix 8: A Responsum by Meir of Rothenburg -- Appendix 9: The Death of the Wife of Milo. |
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ISBN: | 0814345603 |