The voice of the poor in the Middle Ages : an anthology of documents from the Cairo Geniza
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'
Print Book, English, ©2005
Princeton University Press, Princeton, ©2005
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xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780691092621, 9780691092713, 0691092621, 0691092710
56921068
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
"Companion to ... Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of Medieval Egypt"--Page [xi]