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Author Davis, Adam Jeffrey, 1973- author.

Title The medieval economy of salvation : charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital / Adam J. Davis
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages)
Contents Introduction : a charitable revolution in an age of commerce -- Medieval understandings of charity : from penance to commerce -- The creation of a charitable landscape -- Hospital patrons and social networks -- Managing a hospital's property -- "In service of the poor" : hospital personnel in pursuit of security -- The sick poor and the economy of care -- Epilogue
Summary "Explores the connection between the medieval commercial economy and the rise of hospitals as new charitable institutions in the Latin West"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis France, Christianity, religious culture, Champagne France
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 16, 2020)
Subject Hospitals, Medieval -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History
Charities -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History -- To 1500
Charity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- To 1500
Medical economics -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History -- To 1500
Hospitals, Medieval -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne
Hospitals -- history
Charities -- history
Economics, Medical -- history
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Charities
Charity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Hospitals, Medieval
Medical economics
Hospitals medievals -- França -- Història.
Caritat -- França -- Història -- Fins al 1500.
Economia de la salut -- França -- Història -- Fins al 1500.
Caritat -- Aspectes religiosos -- Església Catòlica, [Església Evangèlica, etc.] -- Història -- Fins al 1500.
France
France -- Champagne-Ardenne
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019008000
ISBN 9781501742118
1501742116
9781501742125
1501742124