Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages : an Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza.

They are voices that have been silent for centuries: those of captives and refugees, widows and orphans, the blind and infirm, and the underclass of the ""working poor."" Now, for the first time, the voices of the poor in the Middle Ages come to life in this moving book by histor...

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Main Author: Cohen, Mark R.
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Language:English
Published: Princeton University Press, 2013.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note; PART ONE: LETTERS ABOUT THE POOR AND ABOUT CHARITY; Introduction; Chapter One: Basic Themes; Chapter Two: Taxonomy: Structure and Conjuncture; Chapter Three: The Foreign Poor; Chapter Four: Indigent Captives and Refugees; Chapter Five: Debt and the Poll Tax; Chapter Six: Women and Poverty; Chapter Seven: Letters Regarding Public Charity; PART TWO: CHARITY LISTS; Chapter Eight: Alms Lists; Chapter Nine: Donor Lists; PART THREE: EPILOGUE; Chapter Ten: Poverty and Charity in the Fourteenth Century. 
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