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Poor relief in England, 1350-1600 /
Between the mid-fourteenth century and the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601, English poor relief moved toward a more coherent and comprehensive network of support. Marjorie McIntosh's study, the first to trace developments across that time span, focuses on three types of assistance: licensed begging...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Between the mid-fourteenth century and the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601, English poor relief moved toward a more coherent and comprehensive network of support. Marjorie McIntosh's study, the first to trace developments across that time span, focuses on three types of assistance: licensed begging and the solicitation of charitable alms; hospitals and almshouses for the bedridden and elderly; and the aid given by parishes. It explores changing conceptions of poverty and charity and altered roles for the church, state and private organizations in the provision of relief. The study highlights the creativity of local people in responding to poverty, cooperation between national levels of government, the problems of fraud and negligence, and mounting concern with proper supervision and accounting. This ground-breaking work challenges existing accounts of the Poor Laws, showing that they addressed problems with forms of aid already in use rather than creating a new system of relief.-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages ): illustrations. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-337) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139057547 1139057545 9781139203555 113920355X 9781139199834 1139199838 9781139206532 1139206532 9781139202145 1139202146 9781139204958 1139204955 9786613579591 6613579599 1107230098 9781107230095 1280484616 9781280484612 1139205749 9781139205740 |