Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam / Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld.
A pioneering study of the relationship between rich and poor that adds a new dimension to the understanding of Jewish life in early modern Amsterdam.
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| Language: | English |
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Liverpool, UK :
The Littman library of Jewish civilization,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Setting the scene
- 2. Migration of the poor
- 3. Demographic outline
- 4. The organization of welfare
- 5. Financing charity
- 6. The motives behind charity
- 7. The daily life of the poor
- 8. Epilogue.