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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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Donner Institute
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Nordisk Judaistik |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/nj/article/view/67749 |