Debra Kaplan

The Patrons and Their Poor

Jewish Community and Public Charity in Early Modern Germany

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Produktbeschreibung

Debra Kaplan offers the first extensive analysis of Jewish poor relief in early modern German cities and towns, exploring the intersections between various sectors of the populations-from wealthy patrons to the homeless and stateless poor-providing an intimate portrait of the early modern Ashkenazic community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780812252392
• ISBN-10: 081225239X
• Artikelnr.: 59881805

Autorenporträt

Debra Kaplan is Senior Lecturer in the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Currencies and Translations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Early Modern Jewish Communities and Their Records
Chapter 2. Something Happened to Charity in Early Modern Europe
Chapter 3. Charity, Economy, and Communal Discipline
Chapter 4. The Residential Poor
Chapter 5. The Transient Poor
Chapter 6. Constructing a Community of Donors
Epilogue. Charity Across Borders
Appendix. Foreign Jews in Frankfurt's Judengasse, 1694
Notes
Glossary of Foreign Terms
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments