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The Medieval Economy of Salvation
Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital
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In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of Champagne, he looks at the ways in which charitable organizations and individuals-townspeople, merchants, aristocrats, and ecclesiastics-saw in these new institutions a means of infusing charitable giving and service with new social significance and heightened expectations of spiritual rewards.

In tracing the rise of the medieval hospital during a period of intense urbanization and the transition from a gift economy to a commercial one, Davis makes clear how embedded this charitable institution was in the wider social, cultural, religious, and economic fabric of medieval life.


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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsA Note on Monies and MeasuresIntroduction: A Charitable Revolution in an Age of Commerce1. Medieval Understandings of Charity: From Penance to Commerce2. The Creation of a Charitable Landscape3. Hospital Patrons and Social Networks4. Managing a Hospital's Property5. "In Service of the Poor": Hospital Personnel in Pursuit of Security6. The Sick Poor and the Economy of CareEpilogueBibliographyIndex


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ISBN-13: 9781501755248
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: April, 2021
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 152.00 x 229.00 x 20.00
Weight: 454g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Issues

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