Mothers and children : Jewish family life in medieval Europe / Elisheva Baumgarten.
- Baumgarten, Elisheva
- Date:
- [2004], ©2004
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- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Imahot ṿi-yeladim ba-ḥevrah ha-Yehudit bi-Yeme ha-Benayim. English
Publication/Creation
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004], ©2004.
Physical description
xvi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-268) and index.
Language note
Translated from the Hebrew.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Notes
Rev. ed. of author's thesis (Ph. D.--ha-Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim, 2000) originally titled: Imahot ṿi-yeladim ba-ḥevrah ha-Yehudit bi-Yeme ha-Benayim.
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.