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UNINA9910819033403321 |
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Autore |
Shoham-Steiner Ephraim |
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Titolo |
On the margins of a minority : leprosy, madness, and disability among the Jews of medieval Europe / / Ephraim Shoham-Steiner ; translated by Haim Watzman |
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Detroit, Michigan : , : Wayne State University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Edizione |
[English-language edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Marginality, Social - Religious aspects - History - To 1500 |
Marginality, Social - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500 |
Jews - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Leprosy as a concept -- Social attitudes toward lepers -- What is madness? -- Social attitudes toward the insane -- The physically impaired -- Disability in sacred and private space. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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