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Ariel Toaff; trans. Judith Landry.
Love, Work and Death: Jewish Life in Medieval Umbria.
Published London: Vallentine Mitchell & Co., 1998 (previously issued in hardback, 1996).
Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.
ISBN 1874774331;
ISBN-13: 9781874774334.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in England by Biddles Ltd.
Size: 138x215x23mm.
Page count: ix,297pp inc. 1 map & 6 text figures, all monochrome.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some wear and creasing on the covers, but the spine is not creased.


This item £9.50
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £16.95/$24.95]
Weight without packaging: 450g.

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Contents: Sex, love & marriage; Love of life & intimations of mortality; Meat & wine; House of prayer; Outcasts from society; Witchcraft, black magic & ritual murder; Converts & apostates; The pattern of discrimination; Merchants & craftsmen; Doctors & surgeons; Banks & bankers.


See also | Jewish studies |

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