Financing Poor Relief through Charitable Collections in Dutch Towns, c. 1600-1800 /
In the Dutch Republic, charitable collections were regularly organized by both religious and secular authorities. This book examines the policies of church boards and town councils in organizing these charitable appeals, as well as the general population's giving behavior. Using archival source...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2015]
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Colección: | Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
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Sumario: | In the Dutch Republic, charitable collections were regularly organized by both religious and secular authorities. This book examines the policies of church boards and town councils in organizing these charitable appeals, as well as the general population's giving behavior. Using archival sources from the towns of Delft, Utrecht, Zwolle, and 's-Hertogenbosch, Daniëlle Teeuwen shows how these authorities deployed organizational and rhetorical tactics-including creating awareness, establishing trust, and exerting pressure-to successfully promote fundraising campaigns. Not only did many relief institutions manage to collect large annual sums, but contributions came from across the socioeconomic spectrum. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (240 p.) : 23 halftones |
ISBN: | 9789048526116 9783110606447 9783110662788 9783111023762 |
Acceso: | restricted access |