In and Out of the Ghetto: Jewish-Gentile Relations in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany

Book Overview

During the 1920s much attention was paid to the history of Jews in Germany since the Enlightenment and the subject became popular again, with renewed emphasis, after 1945. Many historians were deeply committed to understanding and explaining the tragic path that led from the emancipation of the Jews to the Holocaust. For a long time, much less work was done on the history of Jews in Germany in earlier periods, particularly the period between the late...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522897
• ISBN13: 9780521522892
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"