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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Patrons and Their Poor fits within new methodological directions, analyzing theregisters ofJewish communities and philanthropic organizations compiled in Germany during the seventeenth century...Kaplan’s study is an important book that adds to our knowledge of the complexity of early modern social structures. * H-Judaic *
The Patrons and Their Poor is a truly outstanding work of meticulous scholarship. Analyzing the range of communal policies pertaining to poor relief and the norms of charitable giving at the individual level, Debra Kaplan presents an excellent, comprehensive history of charity as practiced in early modern Germany. * Jay R. Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts Amherst *
Table of ContentsNote 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
Acknowledgments
