Cover -- The Patrons and Their Poor -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- 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
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter ebooks, viewed October 12, 2020)
