Charity & religion in medieval Europe / / James William Brodman
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| Autore: |
Brodman James
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| Titolo: |
Charity & religion in medieval Europe / / James William Brodman
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 361.7/50940902 |
| Soggetto topico: | Charities - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
| Church and state - Europe - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Europe Church history 600-1500 |
| Europe Religious life and customs | |
| 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Charity and religion in medieval Europe |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Charity & religion in medieval Europe |
| ISBN: | 0-8132-1887-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970859303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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