Mothers & Children Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe

"This thoughtful and elegant work is guided by an overriding big idea: with respect to childbirth and nurturing, Jewish parents in medieval France and Germany developed many practices very similar to their Christian neighbors. The strength of Baumgarten's work arises from two achievements. One is her wide and wise reading of the historical literature on gender and society in medieval Europe. The other is her sensitive use of a wide range of original sources, including manuscripts as yet unavailable or little used in Jewish social history. This book will be read with pleasure and benefit by all those interested in medieval and early modern Europe."--Miri Rubin, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of LondonBaumgarten, Elisheva is the author of 'Mothers & Children Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe', published 2007 under ISBN 9780691130293 and ISBN 0691130299.