The reformation of charity : the secular and the religious in early modern poor relief / edited by Thomas Max Safley. - vi, 206 páginas ; 25 centímetros. - Studies in Central European histories .

Índice : páginas 200-206.

Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- The poverty of Christ -- Charity and the Reformation in Italy: the case of Treviso -- "Con buona affetione": confraternities, charity, and the poor in early cinquecento Florence -- Welfare, Reformation, and death at Memmingen -- Poor relief and health care provision in south-German Catholic cities during the sixteenth century -- Refashioning poor relief in early modern Emden -- Calvinism and poor relief in Reformation Holland -- Welfare reform in Frisian towns: between humanist theory, pious imperatives, and government policy -- Mennonites and sectarian poor relief in golden-age Amsterdam -- Curing body and soul: health care in early modern Orange -- Motivations for charity in early modern France -- Conclusion -- Index.



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