The Medieval Economy of Salvation : Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital

The Medieval Economy of Salvation Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital

In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Davis, Adam Jeffrey, 1973- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2019]
Materias:
Hospitals, Medieval > France > Champagne-Ardenne > History.
Hospitals medievals > França > Història
Charities > France > Champagne-Ardenne > History > To 1500.
Caritat > França > Història > Fins al 1500
Charity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Medical economics > France > Champagne-Ardenne > History > To 1500.
Economia de la salut > França > Història > Fins al 1500
Caritat > Aspectes religiosos > Església Catòlica, [Església Evangèlica, etc.] > Història > Fins al 1500
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Monies and Measures
  • Introduction: A Charitable Revolution in an Age of Commerce
  • 1. Medieval Understandings of Charity: From Penance to Commerce
  • 2. The Creation of a Charitable Landscape
  • 3. Hospital Patrons and Social Networks
  • 4. Managing a Hospital's Property
  • 5. "In Service of the Poor": Hospital Personnel in Pursuit of Security
  • 6. The Sick Poor and the Economy of Care
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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