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Author Brodman, James (James William), author.

Title Charity & religion in medieval Europe / James William Brodman
Published Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 318 pages)
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-307) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Malteser gnd
Subject Charities -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
Church and state -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Church and state
Charities
Barmherzigkeit
Frömmigkeit
Almosen
Fürsorge
Hospital
SUBJECT Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045634
Europe -- Religious life and customs
Subject Europe
Europa
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813218878
081321887X
Other Titles Charity and religion in medieval Europe