The Jews of France : : A History from Antiquity to the Present / / Esther Benbassa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Benbassa, Esther,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2001]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: Core Textbook
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

In the first English-language edition of a general, synthetic history of French Jewry from antiquity to the present, Esther Benbassa tells the intriguing tale of the social, economic, and cultural vicissitudes of a people in diaspora. With verve and insight, she reveals the diversity of Jewish life...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Translator's Note
• Note to the French Edition
• Preface
• Foreword
• Chapter 1. The Origins of the Jewish Presence in Gaul
• Chapter 2. Nobles' Jews, Kings' Jews
• Chapter 3. Jewish Life in the Middle Ages
• Chapter 4. The Jews of the South
• Chapter 5. The Jews of the East and of Paris
• Chapter 6. On the Way to Emancipation
• Chapter 7. New Perspectives
• Chapter 8. Entry into French Society
• Chapter 9. Advancement and Identity
• Chapter 10. Breaches in Franco-Judaism
• Chapter 11. Between the Wars
• Chapter 12. The Dark Years
• Chapter 13. Recovery
• Chronology
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index