The Fruit of Her Hands by Sarah Ifft Decker
Explores how gender, socioeconomic status, and religious identity shaped the lives and work of Jewish and Christian women in medieval Catalan cities.“Sarah Ifft Decker has admirably and deftly met the myriad challenges facing medieval women’s historians. . . The Fruit of Her Hands is an extensively and meticulously researched book.”
—Nina Caputo Jewish Historical Studies
“Decker’s study makes an important contribution to the study of women’s home life and work in nonmodern Catalunya and should be read widely.”
—Jean Dangler Church History
“By focusing on Christian and Jewish women’s work in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, both in a regional and urban context, Ifft Decker’s book sheds new light on the history of women in the Iberian Peninsula and should be required reading for all those interested in the topic.”
—Alexandra Guerson Bulletin of Spanish Studies
“An excellent book, which should be considered essential reading for scholars of medieval women’s history and Jewish history and which also offers immense value to those interested in medieval Catalonia, family law, notarial culture, economic activity, and religious marginalization in medieval Europe.”
—Elizabeth Comuzzi Speculum
“By focusing her attention on exploring the economic status and activities of Jewish women in medieval Catalonia (in comparison with their Christian counterparts), Sarah Ifft Decker makes an important intervention. The Fruit of Her Hands is not only groundbreaking but beautifully written and solidly based on extensive archival research.”
—Debra Blumenthal, author of Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia
“The Fruit of Her Hands presents—and expertly analyzes—rich archival evidence about the lives and financial activities of Jewish and Christian women in medieval Catalonia, with important implications for understanding the intersections of gender, religion, socioeconomic status, and geography.”
—Paola Tartakoff, author of Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe
Sarah Ifft Decker is Assistant Professor of History at Rhodes College and the host of Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271093307 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271093307 |
| Title | The Fruit of Her Hands |
| Author | Sarah Ifft Decker |
| Series | Iberian Encounter And Exchange 475-1755 Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2022-09-13 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Prizes | Nominated for Herbert Baxter Adams Prize 2024, Nominated for Premio Del Rey Prize 2024 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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