Marriage rituals Italian style : a historical anthropological perspective on early modern Italian Jews /
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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2004.
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| Series: | Brill's series in Jewish studies ;
v. 35. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of 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.
