The Purchase of Paradise : The Social Function of Aristocratic Benevolence, 1307-1485 /

This account of medieval philanthropy books at the late medieval aristocracy as a social, rather than a political group, and analyses an aspect of their voluntary behaviour, their gift giving to the Church. In the course of his study, Dr. Rosenthal clears up many of the current misconception about t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenthal, Joel T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Aristocracy (Social class) > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Charities > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Prayers for the dead
  • 3. Chantries
  • 4. New foundations
  • 5. Endowments to burial churches
  • 6. Miscellaneous philanthropy
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix I. Alienations in mortmain
  • Appendix II. Tables with raw numbers
  • Index

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