Few Wealthy and Many Poor: The London Sephardi Community in the Eighteenth-Century
In 1749, the Elders of the London Sephardi community announced a significant change to the distribution of sedaca that was going to have long-term consequences for the poor helped by the congregation. From then on, only the following would be admitted to the sedaca: widows of their religious staff,...
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Associação de Actividades Científicas
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Ler História |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/4614 |