Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam /
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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Liverpool, UK :
The Littman library of Jewish civilization
2012.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1rmhrq |
Sommario:
- 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.