| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 515 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill's series in Jewish studies,
0926-2261 ;
v. 35
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Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 35.
0926-2261
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-503) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Research Field, The Method, The Sources, The Research Questions; Chapter One: "An Auspicious Time For Finding Mates": Matchmaking (Stage One) -- Finding A Partner; Chapter Two: "Matchmaking Is Much Like Betrothal": Matchmaking (Stage Two) -- Signing And Publishing The Tenaim; Chapter Three: "The Issue Is Not The Ring, But The Publicity": Kiddushin -- Public And Hidden; Chapter Four: "A Woman's Voice Is Lewdness": Gossip, Honor, and Social Control in the Marriage Ritual. |
| Summary |
This work aims to present the wealth of primary documents elating to marriage rituals in Jewish Italian communities - response, private letters, court protocols, defamating books, love stories, material objects - and place them in historical context. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jewish marriage customs and rites -- Italy.
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Jewish marriage customs and rites. |
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Italy. |
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Anthropology -- Italy.
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Anthropology. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weinstein, Roni. Marriage rituals Italian style. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004 9004133046 (DLC) 2003057808 (OCoLC)52554424 |
| ISBN |
1423714199 (electronic book) |
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9781423714194 (electronic book) |
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9047402677 |
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9789047402671 |
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9789004133044 (alkaline paper) |
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9004133046 (alkaline paper) |
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9004133046 (alkaline paper) |
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