{"product_id":"mothers-and-children-jewish-family-life-in-medieval-europe-9780691130293","title":"Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A richly detailed and deeply researched contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors, \u003ci\u003eMothers and Children\u003c\/i\u003e provides a key analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisheva Baumgarten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.35w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691130293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisheva Baumgarten\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History and the Gender Studies Program at Bar Ilan University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087141777523,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0696253c-3aa5-48ae-ac8e-1146d4113353.jpg?v=1652538751","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mothers-and-children-jewish-family-life-in-medieval-europe-9780691130293","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}