Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe

by Elisheva Baumgarten

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691091668

ISBN13:9780691091662

Release Date:July 2004

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:275 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Europe Germany Historical Study & Educational Resources History Politics & Social Sciences Social History Social Sciences World

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