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Charity & religion in medieval Europe / James William Brodman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brodman, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charities--Europe--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Charities.
- Church and state--Europe--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church and state.
- Europe--Church history--600-1500.
- Europe.
- Europe--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Charity and religion in medieval Europe
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-307) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1887-X
- OCLC:
- 714800184
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