Title Poor relief in England, 1350-1600 / Marjorie Keniston McIntosh

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages ): illustrations Contents Introduction -- Part I. Late medieval and early Tudor patterns -- Seeking alms -- Late medieval hospitals and almshouses -- Aid given through and by the parish -- Part II. Profound change during the early Reformation period -- New ideas and new policies, c. 1530-1553 -- Part III. Intensified problems and altered approaches in the later sixteenth century -- The burgeoning of begging, collection, and fraud -- The changing nature of almshouses and hospitals -- Support for the parish poor -- Part IV. Responding to the problems -- The Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601 -- Conclusion Summary Between the mid-fourteenth century and the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601, English poor relief moved toward a more coherent and comprehensive network of support. Marjorie McIntosh's study, the first to trace developments across that time span, focuses on three types of assistance: licensed begging and the solicitation of charitable alms; hospitals and almshouses for the bedridden and elderly; and the aid given by parishes. It explores changing conceptions of poverty and charity and altered roles for the church, state and private organizations in the provision of relief. The study highlights the creativity of local people in responding to poverty, cooperation between national levels of government, the problems of fraud and negligence, and mounting concern with proper supervision and accounting. This ground-breaking work challenges existing accounts of the Poor Laws, showing that they addressed problems with forms of aid already in use rather than creating a new system of relief.-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-337) and index Notes Print version record Subject Poor -- Services for -- England -- History Poor -- England -- History Poverty -- England -- History Social Welfare -- history Poverty -- history Poverty -- legislation & jurisprudence History, 15th Century History, 16th Century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness. Poor Poor -- Services for Poverty Social conditions Fürsorge Fürsorge. Fattiga -- historia -- Storbritannien. Fattigdom -- historia -- Storbritannien. SUBJECT England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043312 England -- Social conditions -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043313 England https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004739 Subject England England England. Storbritannien -- sociala förhållanden -- historia -- medeltiden. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139057547 1139057545 9781139203555 113920355X 9781139199834 1139199838 9781139206532 1139206532 9781139202145 1139202146 9781139204958 1139204955 9786613579591 6613579599 1107230098 9781107230095 1280484616 9781280484612 1139205749 9781139205740

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