Myth and Mentality

The Finnish Literature Society was founded in 1831 and has from the very beginning engaged in publishing. It nowadays publishes literature in the fields of ethnology and folkloristics, linguistics, literary research and cultural history.
The first volume of Studia Fennica series appeared in 1933. Since 1992 the series has been divided into three thematic subseries: Ethnologica, Folkloristica and Linguistica.Two additional subseries were formed in 2002, Historica and Litteraria.

Marriage Rituals Italian Style - A Historical Anthropological Perspective on Early Modern Italian Jews

This work aims to present the wealth of primary documents elating to marriage rituals in Jewish Italian communities - response, private letters, court protocols, defamating books, love stories, material objects - and place them in historical context.
For those interested in Jewish history, early modern European history, social history, gender studies, anthropology and history, history of mentality, rituals, cultural encounter of Jews and Catholics, Mediterranean honor, family history, Italian history and culture.