The voice of the poor in the Middle Ages : an anthology of documents from the Cairo Geniza / Mark R. Cohen.

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Cohen, Mark R, 1943-

Contributor(s):

Cohen, Mark R, 1943-. Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of Medieval Egypt

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400850617
1400850614

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Voice of the poor in the Middle AgesDDC classification:

363.5/089/924062 22

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HV17 .V65 2005eb

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15.75

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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'.

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"Companion to ... Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of Medieval Egypt"--Page xi

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.

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'.

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