Description |
1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in Central European histories |
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Studies in Central European histories.
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Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- The poverty of Christ -- Charity and the Reformation in Italy: the case of Treviso -- "Con buona affetione": confraternities, charity, and the poor in early cinquecento Florence -- Welfare, Reformation, and death at Memmingen -- Poor relief and health care provision in south-German Catholic cities during the sixteenth century -- Refashioning poor relief in early modern Emden -- Calvinism and poor relief in Reformation Holland -- Welfare reform in Frisian towns: between humanist theory, pious imperatives, and government policy -- Mennonites and sectarian poor relief in golden-age Amsterdam -- Curing body and soul: health care in early modern Orange -- Motivations for charity in early modern France -- Conclusion -- Index |
Summary |
This work shows that early modern Europe witnessed changes in the social, political, and ecclesiastical structures supporting poor relief, but notions that sharp fault lines divide rationalized, secular poor relief from morally and spiritually motivated ecclesiastical charity need rethinking |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Subject |
Charities -- Europe -- History
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Public welfare -- Europe -- History
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Poor -- Services for -- Europe -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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Charities
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Poor -- Services for
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Public welfare
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Liefdadigheid.
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Armenzorg.
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Reformatie.
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Europe
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Safley, Thomas Max
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ISBN |
1423714482 |
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9781423714484 |
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9047400097 |
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9789047400097 |
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