Women and Jewish marriage negotiations in early modern Italy : for love and money / Howard Tzvi Adelman.

"This book examines the role of women in Jewish family negotiations, using the setting of Italy from the end of the Renaissance to the Baroque. In ghettos at night and under the scrutiny of inquisitions, Jews flourished. Life and learning were enriched by Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, the Ottoman...

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Uniform Title:Routledge research in early modern history.
Main Author: Adelman, Howard Tzvi (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Routledge research in early modern history.
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Physical Description:xiv, 206 pages ; 24 cm.
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505 0 |a Preface: Unwilling to allow his wife a divorce, he marries another -- 1. Introduction: Jews, women, and rabbis in Italy -- 2. Negotiating engagement: anticipating danger -- 3. Breaking betrothals: fleeing danger -- 4. Negotiating in and out of marriage -- 5. Anticipating death: negotiating assets -- 6. Remarriage: negotiations between families. 
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