On the margins of a minority : leprosy, madness, and disability among the jews of medieval europe

On the margins of a minority : leprosy, madness, and disability among the jews of medieval europe / Ephraim Shoham-Steiner ; [edited by] Haim Watzman.

Drawing on material from the late-tenth- to fifteenth-centuries, examines how Jews further marginalized by illness or disability were regarded by both Christian and Jewish communities.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 2014. ©2014
Subjects:	To 1500 Marginality, Social > Religious aspects > History > To 1500. Marginality, Social > Europe, Northern > History > To 1500. Jews > Europe, Northern > History > To 1500. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. Jews Marginality, Social Marginality, Social > Religious aspects Northern Europe History
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Summary:	Drawing on material from the late-tenth- to fifteenth-centuries, examines how Jews further marginalized by illness or disability were regarded by both Christian and Jewish communities.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780814339329 0814339328
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.