The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 26, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691092713
Subjects: Social History; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Jews; History - General History; Religious aspects; History: World; Egypt; Judaism; Jewish - General; Medieval; History / Medieval; Jewish Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Reference Works and Anthologies; Religion; History; Charities; Poverty
First sentence: PRIVATE CHARITY, by its very nature, is nut easily observed in other periods and societies in premodern times.