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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789813403321

Autore

Brodman James

Titolo

Charity & religion in medieval Europe [[electronic resource] /] / James William Brodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8132-1887-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

361.7/50940902

Soggetti

Charities - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Church and state - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Europe Church history 600-1500

Europe Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-307) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : religious charity -- The pious and the practical : an ideology of charity -- A cascade of hospitals -- To shelter the pilgrim : military orders, hospices, and bridges -- The Hospitaller orders -- Lay piety -- Charity that sanctifies -- The religious dimensions of care -- Conclusion : between two worlds : an elusive paradigm.