Tradition and crisis : Jewish society at the end of the Middle Ages by Katz, Jacob - 2000

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. xv, 392 pages ; 24 cm. "A new edition of Katz's study of European Jewish society at end of the Middle Ages. It taps into a rich source, the "responsa" literature of the Rabbinic establishment of the time, a time when self-governing communities of Jews dealt with their own civil and religious issues." Contents: Part I The Basis of Existence. Part II Communal Institutions and Structure. Part III The Beginnings of Breakdown. Afterword: Tradition and Crisis and the Study of Early Modern Jewish History / Bernard Dov Cooperman . Soft Cover. Fine.