04335nam 22007091 450 991045242610332120200520144314.01-4008-4926-810.1515/9781400849260(CKB)2550000001129398(EBL)1422512(SSID)ssj0001173851(PQKBManifestationID)11720168(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173851(PQKBWorkID)11105126(PQKB)10866772(MiAaPQ)EBC1422512(DE-B1597)447461(OCoLC)979970362(DE-B1597)9781400849260(Au-PeEL)EBL1422512(CaPaEBR)ebr10777526(CaONFJC)MIL530011(OCoLC)868960251(EXLCZ)99255000000112939820030926d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMothers and children Jewish family life in medieval Europe /Elisheva BaumgartenCourse BookPrinceton, New Jersey :Princeton University Press,2004.1 online resource (295 p.)Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World ;51Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern worldRev. ed. of author's thesis (Ph. D.--ha-Universi℗̀£℗Ưah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim, 2000) originally titled: Imahot ì-yeladim ba-ı̀℗Æevrah ha-Yehudit bi-Yeme ha-Benayim.0-691-13029-9 1-299-98760-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-268) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Birth -- Chapter Two. Circumcision and Baptism -- Chapter Three. Additional Birth Rituals -- Chapter Four. Maternal Nursing and Wet Nurses: Feeding and Caring for Infants -- Chapter Five. Parents and Children: Competing Values -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- IndexThis 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 Children provides a key analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz.Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern WorldChildbirthReligious aspectsJudaismMotherhoodReligious aspectsJudaismJudaismCustoms and practicesParent and childReligious aspectsJudaismElectronic books.ChildbirthReligious aspectsJudaism.MotherhoodReligious aspectsJudaism.JudaismCustoms and practices.Parent and childReligious aspectsJudaism.306.874/3/08992404Baumgarten Elisheva1014519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452426103321Mothers and children2364457UNINA