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Mothers and children: Jewish family life in medieval Europe

2004 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 0691130299 ;ISBN: 9780691091662 ;ISBN: 0691091668 ;ISBN: 9780691130293 ;ISBN: 9781400849260 ;ISBN: 1400849268 ;EISBN: 9781400849260 ;EISBN: 1400849268 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400849260 ;OCLC: 868960251 ;LCCallNum: BM726

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  • Title:
    Mothers and children: Jewish family life in medieval Europe
  • Author: Baumgarten, Elisheva
  • Subjects: Childbirth ; Customs and practices ; HISTORY ; Jewish ; Judaism ; Medieval ; Motherhood ; Parent and child ; Religious aspects
  • Description: This book presents a synthetic history of the family--the most basic building block of medieval Jewish communities--in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the special roles of mothers and children, it also advances recent efforts to write a comparative Jewish-Christian social history. Elisheva Baumgarten draws on a rich trove of primary sources to give a full portrait of medieval Jewish family life during the period of childhood from birth to the beginning of formal education at age seven. Illustrating the importance of understanding Jewish practice in the context of Christian society and recognizing the shared foundations in both societies, Baumgarten's examination of Jewish and Christian practices and attitudes is explicitly comparative. Her analysis is also wideranging, covering nearly every aspect of home life and childrearing, including pregnancy, midwifery, birth and initiation rituals, nursing, sterility, infanticide, remarriage, attitudes toward mothers and fathers, gender hierarchies, divorce, widowhood, early education, and the place of children in the home, synagogue, and community. A richly detailed and deeply researched contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors,Mothers and Childrenprovides a key analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 295
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0691130299
    ISBN: 9780691091662
    ISBN: 0691091668
    ISBN: 9780691130293
    ISBN: 9781400849260
    ISBN: 1400849268
    EISBN: 9781400849260
    EISBN: 1400849268
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400849260
    OCLC: 868960251
    LCCallNum: BM726
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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