Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Currencies and Translations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Early Modern Jewish Communities and Their Records 9
6. Chapter 2. Something Happened to Charity in Early Modern Eu rope 27
7. Chapter 3. Charity, Economy, and Communal Discipline 48
8. Chapter 4. The Residential Poor 68
9. Chapter 5. The Transient Poor 96
10. Chapter 6. Constructing a Community of Donors 123
11. Epilogue. Charity Across Borders 156
12. Appendix. Foreign Jews in Frankfurt’s Judengasse, 1694 167
13. Notes 173
14. Glossary of Foreign Terms 209
15. Bibliography 213
16. Index 231
17. Acknowledgments 237