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Author Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim.

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

Publication Info. Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 2014.

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Contents ""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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Subject Marginality, Social -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500.
Marginality, Social -- Religious aspects.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Marginality, Social -- Europe, Northern -- History -- To 1500.
Marginality, Social.
Northern Europe.
Jews -- Europe, Northern -- History -- To 1500.
Jews.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 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 9780814339312
ISBN 9780814339329 (electronic book)
0814339328 (electronic book)
9780814339312 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
081433931X