Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. A Taxonomy of the Poor 33
7. Chapter 2. The Foreign Poor 72
8. Chapter 3. Captives, Refugees, and Proselytes 109
9. Chapter 4. Debt and the Poll Tax 130
10. Chapter 5. Women and Poverty 139
11. Chapter 6. “Naked and Starving,” the Sick and Disabled 156
12. Chapter 7. Beggars or Petitioners? 174
13. Chapter 8. Charity 189
14. Chapter 9. Conclusion: Poverty and Charity, Continuity and Acculturation 243
15. Bibliography 253
16. Index of Geniza Texts 271
17. General Index 278