The political and social dynamics of poverty, poor relief and health care in early-modern Portugal / Laurinda Abreu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abreu, Laurinda, author.

Series:

History of medicine in context

The history of medicine in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Services for--Portugal--History.

Poor.

Poor--Medical care--Portugal--History.

Poverty--Social aspects--Portugal--History.

Poverty.

Poverty--Political aspects--Portugal--History.

Charities--Portugal--History.

Charities.

Public welfare--Portugal--History.

Public welfare.

Medical policy--Portugal--History.

Medical policy.

History.

Poverty--Political aspects.

Poverty--Social aspects.

Poor--Medical care.

Poor--Services for.

Portugal--Social policy.

Portugal.

Social policy.

Portugal--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Portugal--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 302 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Ashgate, 2016.

Summary:

"By the end of the fifteenth century most European counties had witnessed a profound reformation of their poor relief and health care policies. As this book demonstrates, Portugal was among them and actively participated in such reforms. Providing the first English language monograph on this this topic, Laurinda Abreu examines the Portuguese experience and places it within the broader European context. She shows that, in line with much that was happening throughout the rest of Europe, Portugal had not only set up a systematic reform of the hospitals but had also developed new formal arrangements for charitable and welfare provision that responded to the changing socioeconomic framework, the nature of poverty, and the concerns of political powers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Charity and poor relief in Portugal at the dawn of the early modern period : the organisation and consolidation of crown authority

Social and political contexts

"For the benefit of the body" : hospital and health care reform

Epidemic control

The foundation of the misericórdias

The organisation of the welfare services

The funding of poor relief

Part II. Institutions as social actors mediating between society, the authorities and individuals

Poor relief in an institutional context

The movement to found confinement institutions

The population of female recolhimentos : "wives, nuns and prostitutes"

Hospitals and their users

Prisons and misericórdias

Conclusion

Manuscript sources

Printed sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472477255

1472477251

OCLC:

929011159