Frontmatter	1
	Contents	9
	Introduction	17
	The Early Byzantine State and the Christian Ideal of Voluntary Poverty	31
	Charitable Ministrations (Diakoniai), Monasticism, and the Social Aesthetic of Sixth-Century Byzantium	61
	Charity and Piety as Episcopal and Imperial Virtues in Late Antiquity	91
	Healing the world with righteousness ? The language of social justice in early Christian homilies	105
	Almsgiving, Donatio Pro Anima and Eucharistic Offering in the Early Middle Ages of Western Europe (4th–9th century)	127
	Christian Pious Foundations as an Element of Continuity between Late Antiquity and Islam	141
	Charity and Piety for the Transformation of the Cities	169
	Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria	191
	Forms and Functions of Charity in Al-Andalus	219
	“When Death Will Fall Upon Him”: Charitable Legacies in 15th Century Granada.	233
	Charity and Gift Giving in Medieval Islam	251
	Charity and Repentance in Medieval Islamic Thought and Practice	281
	Geniza Documents for the Comparative History of Poverty and Charity	299
	Charity in Jewish Society of the Medieval Mediterranean World	359
	Benefaction (Ni ma), Gratitude (Shukr), and the Politics of Giving and Receiving in Letters from the Cairo Geniza	381
	An Indigent Scholar’s Plea for Charity: A Geniza Letter	407