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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Late medieval and early Tudor patterns
- Seeking alms
- Late medieval hospitals and almshouses
- Aid given through and by the parish
- Part II. Profound change during the early Reformation period
- New ideas and new policies, c. 1530-1553
- Part III. Intensified problems and altered approaches in the later sixteenth century
- The burgeoning of begging, collection, and fraud
- The changing nature of almshouses and hospitals
- Support for the parish poor
- Part IV. Responding to the problems
- The Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601
- Conclusion.