:<i>Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe</i>

Abstract

Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 Chapter One. Birth 21 Chapter Two. Circumcision and Baptism 55 Chapter Three. Additional Birth Rituals 92 Chapter Four. Maternal Nursing and Wet Nurses: Feeding and Caring for Infants 119 Chapter Five. Parents and Children: Competing Values 154 Conclusions 184 Notes 191 Glossary 241 Bibliography 243 Index 269