A Wet Nurse Debate: Jews, Christians, and Later Medieval “Racism”

This paper surveys both the ecclesiastical and medical or natural-philosophical sources that contributed to a protracted medieval debate over maternal nursing versus the employment of wet nurses; examines Innocent III’s allegation that Jews force their Christian wet nurses to pour out their milk for...

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Main Author: Resnick, Irven M. 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 465-504
Further subjects:B moriscas
B conversas
B cross-confessional nursing
B Jewish and Christian wet nurses
B Race
B Eucharistic Theology
B Talmud
B Pope Innocent III
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