Daily Life of the Jews in the Middle Ages

Reveals what everyday living was like for Jewish peoples in the medieval world Though often touched by tragedy, the middle ages were a dynamic and prosperous time for Jewish civilization. Despite the mass expulsions and periodic attacks that the Jews of the time suffered, they also managed prolonged periods of civil relations with the Christian and Muslim cultures that surrounded them, periods in which the Jewish culture at large produced great poetry and important philosophical and theological works, and made inspired contributions to mathematics and the sciences. In this scholarly but accessible account, Norman Roth explores the diverse cultures of Jewish daily life in the medieval world.