On the margins of a minority : leprosy, madness, and disability among the jews of medieval europe /
Drawing on material from the late-tenth- to fifteenth-centuries, examines how Jews further marginalized by illness or disability were regarded by both Christian and Jewish communities.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit, MI :
Wayne State University Press,
2014.
©2014 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Leprosy as a Concept
- 2. Social Attitudes toward Lepers
- 3. What Is Madness?
- 4. Social Attitudes toward the Insane
- 5. The Physically Impaired
- 6. Disability in Sacred and Private Space
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index