Cross-dressing among medieval Ashkenazi Jews

This article deals with explicit permissions for two types of cross-dressing found in the thirteenth-century ethical tract Sefer Chasidim. In order to avoid being sexually assaulted, female Jewish travellers were allowed to disguise themselves as a. Christians, even as nuns, or b. men. This contradi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lena Roos
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Donner Institute 2017-12-01
Series:Nordisk Judaistik
Online Access:https://journal.fi/nj/article/view/67749