The reformation of charity : the secular and the religious in early modern poor relief /

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Imprint:	Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in Central European histories Studies in Central European histories.
Subject:	Charities -- Europe -- History. Public welfare -- Europe -- History. Poor -- Services for -- Europe -- History. Charities. Poor -- Services for. Public welfare. Europe. History. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11164154

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Other authors / contributors:	Safley, Thomas Max.
ISBN:	1423714482 9781423714484 9047400097 9789047400097 0391042114 9780391042117
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This work shows that early modern Europe witnessed changes in the social, political, and ecclesiastical structures supporting poor relief, but notions that sharp fault lines divide rationalized, secular poor relief from morally and spiritually motivated ecclesiastical charity need rethinking.
Other form:	Print version: Reformation of charity. Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, 2003 0391042114

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