02450nam 2200601Ia 450 991097085930332120251117065209.00-8132-1887-X(CKB)2670000000079676(OCoLC)714800184(CaPaEBR)ebrary10450347(SSID)ssj0000467590(PQKBManifestationID)11290581(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467590(PQKBWorkID)10490291(PQKB)10482066(MdBmJHUP)muse24030(Au-PeEL)EBL3134929(CaPaEBR)ebr10450347(OCoLC)922996849(MiAaPQ)EBC3134929(EXLCZ)99267000000007967620080915d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCharity & religion in medieval Europe /James William Brodman1st ed.Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Pressc20091 online resource (334 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8132-1580-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-307) and index.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.Challenges conventional views of medieval piety by demonstrating how the ideology of charity and its vision of the active life provided an important alternative to the ascetical, contemplative tradition emphasized by most historians.Charity and religion in medieval EuropeCharitiesEuropeHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Church and stateEuropeHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500EuropeChurch history600-1500EuropeReligious life and customsCharitiesHistoryChurch and stateHistory361.7/50940902Brodman James1857884MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970859303321Charity & religion in medieval Europe4458978UNINA