Charity & religion in medieval Europe / James William Brodman

Author: Brodman, James (James William)
Additional Titles: Charity and religion in medieval Europe
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 318 pages)

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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.

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9780813218878 (electronic bk.)
081321887X (electronic bk.)
9780813215808
0813215803

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-307) and index.

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