The Medieval Economy of Salvation : : Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital / / Adam J. Davis.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press,, [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2019. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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