The Medieval Economy of Salvation : Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital / Adam J. Davis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501742118
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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.
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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.

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"Explores the connection between the medieval commercial economy and the rise of hospitals as new charitable institutions in the Latin West"-- Provided by publisher.

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