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Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe
Elisheva Baumgarten
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Description for Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe
Paperback. Presents a synthetic history of the family in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the special roles of mothers and children, this book advances efforts to write a comparative Jewish-Christian social history. It provides an analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130293
SKU
V9780691130293
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About Elisheva Baumgarten
Elisheva Baumgarten is Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History and the Gender Studies Program at Bar Ilan University.
Reviews for Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe
Winner of the 2008 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Gender Studies, Association for Jewish Studies Winner of the 2005 Koret Jewish Book Award in History, Koret Foundation Runner-Up for the 2005 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies category, Jewish Book Council "Baumgarten's writing of Ashkenaz medieval history as seen through a gender perspective advances a more inclusive reading of ... Read more