Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; PART I CHARITY AND POOR RELIEF IN PORTUGAL AT THE DAWN OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD: THE ORGANISATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF CROWN AUTHORITY; 1 Social and Political Contexts; 2 'For the Benefit of the Body': Hospital and Health Care Reform; 3 Epidemic Control; 4 The Foundation of the Misericórdias; 5 The Organisation of the Welfare 'System'; 6 The Funding of Poor Relief; PART II INSTITUTIONS AS SOCIAL ACTORS MEDIATING BETWEEN SOCIETY, THE AUTHORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
7 Poor Relief in an Institutional Context8 The Movement to Found Confinement Institutions; 9 The Population of Female Recolhimentos: 'wives, nuns and prostitutes'; 10 Hospitals and their Users; 11 Prisons and Misericórdias; Conclusion; Sources; Bibliography; Index
