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

Shoham-Shṭainer, Efrayim, 1968-

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Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 2014

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Erscheint auch als: Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim : On the Margins of a Minority : Leprosy, Madness, and Disability among the Jews of Medieval Europe. - Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©1900 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-8143-3932-9 ; 0-8143-3932-8

0-8143-3932-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8143-3931-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8143-3932-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8143-3931-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 882713115 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HM1136

305.9080940902 ; 305.9/080940902     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC031000 ; bisacsh: SOC020000 ; bisacsh: SOC 020000 ; bisacsh: SOC 031000

LOC-SH: Marginality, Social -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500 ; Marginality, Social -- History -- To 1500 -- Europe, Northern ; Jews -- History -- To 1500 -- Europe, Northern ; Electronic books ; Marginality, Social -- Europe, Northern -- History -- To 1500 ; Jews -- Europe, Northern -- History -- To 1500 ; Marginality, Social -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500 ; Jews -- Europe, Northern -- History -- To 1500 ; Marginality, Social -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500 ; Marginality, Social -- Europe, Northern -- History -- To 1500

Jews / History / To 1500 / Europe, Northern ; Marginality, Social / History / To 1500 / Europe, Northern ; Marginality, Social / Religious aspects / History / To 1500 / Europe, Northern ; Electronic books / History ; Northern Europe ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Jews ; Marginality, Social ; Marginality, Social ; Religious aspects ; History

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Leprosy as a Concept -- 2. Social Attitudes toward Lepers -- 3. What Is Madness? -- 4. Social Attitudes toward the Insane -- 5. The Physically Impaired -- 6. Disability in Sacred and Private Space -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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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