Elisheva Baumgarten is a social historian who studies the Jews of medieval northern Europe. She is currently working on a European Research Council funded project “Beyond the Elite: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe.”Tzafrir Barzilay studies environmental history and the history of minorities in medieval Europe. He is the author of Poisoned Wells. Eyal Levinson researches youth, men, fatherhood and masculinities in medieval Ashkenaz. He is the author of several articles both in Hebrew and in English.

• Introduction Section 1: From Birth to Death and Throughout the Year: Life Cycle and Rituals Section 2: Living Arrangements: Family, Households, and the Home Section 3: Making a Living: Money, Markets, and Professions Section 4: Law and Order, Disruption and Crisis Section 5: Jews and Christians: Neighbors, Partners, Adversaries Glossary Index

Elisheva Baumgarten is a social historian who studies the Jews of medieval northern Europe. She is currently working on a European Research Council funded project “Beyond the Elite: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe.”Tzafrir Barzilay studies environmental history and the history of minorities in medieval Europe. He is the author of Poisoned Wells. Eyal Levinson researches youth, men, fatherhood and masculinities in medieval Ashkenaz. He is the author of several articles both in Hebrew and in English.

• Introduction Section 1: From Birth to Death and Throughout the Year: Life Cycle and Rituals Section 2: Living Arrangements: Family, Households, and the Home Section 3: Making a Living: Money, Markets, and Professions Section 4: Law and Order, Disruption and Crisis Section 5: Jews and Christians: Neighbors, Partners, Adversaries Glossary Index

Elisheva Baumgarten is a social historian who studies the Jews of medieval northern Europe. She is currently working on a European Research Council funded project “Beyond the Elite: Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe.”Tzafrir Barzilay studies environmental history and the history of minorities in medieval Europe. He is the author of Poisoned Wells. Eyal Levinson researches youth, men, fatherhood and masculinities in medieval Ashkenaz. He is the author of several articles both in Hebrew and in English.

• Introduction Section 1: From Birth to Death and Throughout the Year: Life Cycle and Rituals Section 2: Living Arrangements: Family, Households, and the Home Section 3: Making a Living: Money, Markets, and Professions Section 4: Law and Order, Disruption and Crisis Section 5: Jews and Christians: Neighbors, Partners, Adversaries Glossary Index