TY - BOOK ID - 85732037 TI - The patrons and their poor : Jewish community and public charity in early modern Germany PY - 2020 SN - 0812297261 081225239X PB - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jews KW - Poor KW - Judaism KW - Ashkenazim KW - Hebrews KW - Israelites KW - Jewish people KW - Jewry KW - Judaic people KW - Judaists KW - Ethnology KW - Religious adherents KW - Semites KW - Ashkenazic Jews KW - Religions KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Social life and customs. KW - Charities KW - History. KW - Charitable contributions KW - Social conditions. KW - Religion KW - Economic conditions KW - European History. KW - Jewish Studies. KW - World History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85732037 AB - "Patterns of giving tell us about both donors and recipients-not only about their finances but about their values, perceptions, roles in society, and the dynamics of power that existed between and among those who gave and those who received. The Patrons and Their Poor uses the lens of public charity to provide an intimate portrait of the early modern Ashkenazic community. The prism of charity allows for this expanded view of daily life in the Jewish community"-- ER -