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The voice of the poor in the Middle Ages :

by Cohen, Mark R.,
Additional authors: Cohen, Mark R., -- 1943- -- Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of Medieval Egypt.
Physical details: 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations ISBN:9781400850617 (e-book).
Subject(s): Jews -- Egypt -- Charities -- History. | Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. | Judaism -- Charities -- History. | Jews -- Egypt -- Social conditions. | Poor -- Egypt -- History. | Electronic books.
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"Companion to ... Poverty and charity in the Jewish community of Medieval Egypt"--P. [xi].

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

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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