Memoirs of Glikl of Hameln

This diploma thesis "Memoirs of Glikl of Hameln" is dedicated to life and work of Glikl bas Judah Leib, an Ashkenazi Jewish woman living in the years 1645(?) - 1724. The first part includes biography of Glikl and characteristics of the preserved text of her Memoirs. Glikl was born in Hamburg and there she spent a great deal of her life. Approximately in the age of 13 she was married to Hayim, with whom she lived through a long and happy marriage. She bore 14 children, out of which 12 reached the adult age. Glikl was also a very talented busenesswoman, she dealt with precious stones and other goods and she had a wide web of businness contacts. Her family belonged to the Ashkenazi elite of Hamburg. After her husband's death in the year 1689 she took over the family businness and since the year 1691 she has been writing her Memoirs ( .( In the year 1700 she married for the second time, left Hamburg and went to live with her husband Hirsh Levy to Metz (at that time French). Two years later Hirsh Levy went bankrupt and the couple was left penniless. In the year 1710 Glikl became a widow for the second time. She died in Metz aged approximately 78. The Memoirs of Glikl were written in several periods of time in the years 1691-1719 and they were destined only for family members, not for public. The original..