The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages : An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza /

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Mark Cohen presents not only a case-study of medieval Jewish life, but structural aspects of poverty and charity generally un-noticed. His anthology comprises letters and other documents used in his earlier work 'Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cohen, Mark R., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Genisafragmente.
Genisafragmente
Armut.
Joden.
Liefdadigheid.
Armen (personen)
Armut
Poverty > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Poor.
Jews > Social conditions.
Jews > Charities.
HISTORY > Medieval.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Pauvres > Égypte > Histoire.
Juifs > Égypte > Conditions sociales.
Judaïsme > Oeuvres de bienfaisance > Histoire.
Pauvrete > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Juifs > Égypte > Oeuvres de bienfaisance > Histoire.
Poor > Egypt > History.
Jews > Egypt > Social conditions.
Judaism > Charities > History.
Jews > Egypt > Charities > History.
Ägypten.
Juden.
Egypt.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART ONE: LETTERS ABOUT THE POOR AND ABOUT CHARITY: Introduction
  • Basic themes
  • Taxonomy: structure and conjunction
  • The foreign poor
  • Indigent captives and refugees
  • Debt and poll tax
  • Women and poverty
  • Letters regarding public charity
  • PART TWO: CHARITY LISTS: Alms lists
  • Donor lists
  • PART THREE: EPILOGUE: Poverty and charity in the Fourteenth Century.

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