Mothers and Children : Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe /

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"This book presents a synthetic history of the family - the most basic building block of medieval Jewish communities - 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 Jewi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumgarten, Elisheva
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Čubrilović > Familie : 19. Jh.-
Gezin.
Joden.
Judentum
Parent and child > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Motherhood > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Judaism > Customs and practices.
Childbirth > Religious aspects > Judaism.
HISTORY > Medieval.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Judaïsme > Coutumes et pratiques.
Maternite > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Juden.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Birth
  • Ch. 2. Circumcision and baptism
  • Ch. 3. Additional birth rituals
  • Ch. 4. Maternal nursing and wet nurses : feeding and caring for infants
  • Ch. 5. Parents and children : competing values.

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