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Introduction | p. 1 |
The World of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages | |
The Early Byzantine State and the Christian Ideal of Voluntary Poverty | p. 15 |
Charitable Ministrations (Diakoniai), Monasticism, and the Social Aesthetic of Sixth-Century Byzantium | p. 45 |
Charity and Piety as Episcopal and Imperial Virtues in Late Antiquity | p. 75 |
Healing the world with righteousness? The language of social justice in early Christian homilies | p. 89 |
Almsgiving, Donatio Pro Anima and Eucharistic Offering in the Early Middle Ages of Western Europe (4th-9th century) | p. 111 |
Medieval Islam | |
Christian Pious Foundations as an Element of Continuity between Late Antiquity and Islam | p. 125 |
Charity and Piety for the Transformation of the Cities. The New Direction in Taxation and Waqf Policy in Mid-Twelfth-Century Syria and Northern Mesopotamia | p. 153 |
Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria | p. 175 |
Forms and Functions of Charity in Al-Andalus | p. 203 |
"When Death Will Fall Upon Him": Charitable Legacies in 15th Century Granada | p. 217 |
Charity and Gift Giving in Medieval Islam | p. 235 |
Charity and Repentance in Medieval Islamic Thought and Practice | p. 265 |
The Jewish World | |
Geniza Documents for the Comparative History of Poverty and Charity | p. 283 |
Charity in Jewish Society of the Medieval Mediterranean World | p. 343 |
Benefaction (Ni'ma), Gratitude (Shukr), and the Politics of Giving and Receiving in Letters from the Cairo Geniza | p. 365 |
An Indigent Scholar's Plea for Charity: A Geniza Letter | p. 391 |
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