How Long to Read Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy

How Long Does it Take to Read Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy by Howard Tzvi Adelman

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Description

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 Empire, transalpine Europe, west and east, and Catholic neighbors. Rabbinic discourse represented conflicting customs in family formation and dissolution, especially at moments of crisis for women: forced betrothal; physical, mental and financial abuse; polygamy, and abandonment. In this book, case studies illustrate the ambiguity, drama, and danger to which women were exposed, as well as opportunities to make their voices heard and to extricate themselves from situations by forcing a divorce, collecting or seizing assets, and going to Catholic notaries to bequeath their assets outside traditional inheritance, often to other women. Despite intrusion by rabbis, their ability for coercion was limited, and their threats of punishments reflected the rhetoric of weakness rather than realistic options for implementation. The focus of this text is not what the law says, but rather how it enabled individual Jews, especially women, to speak and to act.

How long is Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy?

Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy by Howard Tzvi Adelman is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy aloud.

What Reading Level is Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy?

Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations in Early Modern Italy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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