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On hospitals : welfare, law, and Christianity in Western Europe, 400-1320 / Sethina Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, Sethina, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in medieval European history.
- Oxford studies in medieval European history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- A ground breaking study, 'On Hospitals' explores welfare institutions in western law in the middle ages and establishes a legal model for the hospital. Running against orthodox opinion, Watson places welfare institutions, rather than Church-run organisations, at the heart of the medieval hospital's history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-258677-7
- 0-19-188221-6
- 0-19-258676-9
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