{"product_id":"the-fruit-of-her-hands-jewish-and-christian-womens-work-in-medieval-catalan-cities-hardcover","title":"The Fruit of Her Hands: Jewish and Christian Women's Work in Medieval Catalan Cities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Ifft Decker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the thriving urban economies of late thirteenth-century Catalonia, Jewish and Christian women labored to support their families and their communities. \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit of Her Hands \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how gender, socioeconomic status, and religious identity shaped how these women lived and worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Ifft Decker draws on thousands of notarial contracts as well as legal codes, urban ordinances, and Hebrew \u003ci\u003eresponsa\u003c\/i\u003e literature to explore the lived experiences of Jewish and Christian women in the cities of Barcelona, Girona, and Vic between 1250 and 1350. Relying on an expanded definition of women's work that includes the management of household resources as well as wage labor and artisanal production, this study highlights the crucial contributions women made both to their families and to urban economies. Christian women, Ifft Decker finds, were deeply embedded in urban economic life in ways that challenge traditional dichotomies between women in northern and Mediterranean Europe. And while Jewish women typically played a less active role than their Christian counterparts, Ifft Decker shows how, in moments of communal change and crisis, they could and did assume prominent roles in urban economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough its attention to the distinct experiences of Jewish and Christian women, \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit of Her Hands\u003c\/i\u003e advances our understanding of Jewish acculturation in the Iberian Peninsula and the shared experiences of women of different faiths. It will be welcomed by specialists in gender studies and religious studies as well as students and scholars of medieval Iberia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Ifft Decker\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Rhodes College and the host of \u003ci\u003eMedia-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630592356659,"sku":"9780271093307","price":195.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d1kwYUxSOHNlMTJiNGhhbFB2aUc1Zz09.webp?v=1762163906","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-fruit-of-her-hands-jewish-and-christian-womens-work-in-medieval-catalan-cities-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}