Description |
1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations. |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Series |
Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world
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Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
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Note |
Revised edition of author's thesis (Ph. D.--ha-Universi£̀Ưah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim, 2000) originally titled: Imahot ì-yeladim ba-ı̀Æevrah ha-Yehudit bi-Yeme ha-Benayim. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index. |
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. |
Summary |
"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 Jewish-Christian social history."--Jacket. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Translated from the Hebrew. |
Subject |
Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Motherhood -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Motherhood -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Judaism -- Customs and practices.
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Judaism -- Customs and practices. |
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Parent and child -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Parent and child -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Motherhood. |
Added Title |
Imahot ì-yeladim ba-ḥevrah ha-Yehudit bi-Yeme ha-Benayim. English
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אמהות וילדים בחברה היהודית בימי הביניים. אנגלית |
Other Form: |
Print version: Baumgarten, Elisheva. Mothers and children : Jewish family life in medieval Europe. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2004 xvi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world 9780691130293 (DLC) 2003066386 (OCoLC)270368826 |
ISBN |
9781400849260 (e-book) |
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1400849268 (e-book) |
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0691130299 |
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9780691130293 |
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9780691130293 |
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0691091668 |
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9780691091662 |
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