This is the third enlarged edition of the book that first appeared as volume xliv in the Enzyklopädie Deutscher Geschichte series in 1998. Michael Toch, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is an internationally respected authority on medieval German Jewry. His work in this field has particularly benefited from his expertise in medieval German socio-economic history. The first part of the book gives an insightful overview of the course of Jewish settlement in Germany as well as discussing Jewish family structures and the position of women in the Jewish community. It goes on to deal with cultural and intellectual matters before examining social, economic, legal and socio-political aspects of the interaction between Jews and Christians in Germany. The final section of part i is devoted to the anti-Jewish persecutions of medieval Germany. Part ii is concerned with methodological issues. A historiographical section is followed by an overview of the available source material. This is followed by a discussion of a number of important issues in the historiography which include the precise dating of the first settlements of Jews in Germany, the nature of the Jewish family and the position of women and children within it, the interaction between different socio-cultural levels in Jewish communities, the nature of so-called Jewish chamber serfdom, and the role of money-lending in Jewish economic life. The volume closes with an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources (which are referenced throughout the rest of the book) which has been updated to include titles up to 2013. This volume is invaluable for anyone interested in medieval Germany history in general and medieval Germany Jewish history in particular.