Mothers and Children
Subtitle: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780691130293
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Jewish studies; Social History; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Jewish - General; Medieval; European History; Gender Studies; History / Medieval; Religion
First sentence: IN HIS FIRST LETTER to Heloise, Abelard draws a sharp distinction between family life and the life of the philosopher: What harmony can there be between pupils and nursemaids, desks and cradles, books or tablets and distaffs, pen or stylus and spindles?