The Medieval Economy of Salvation : Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital /
"Explores the connection between the medieval commercial economy and the rise of hospitals as new charitable institutions in the Latin West"--
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a charitable revolution in an age of commerce
- Medieval understandings of charity : from penance to commerce
- The creation of a charitable landscape
- Hospital patrons and social networks
- Managing a hospital's property
- "In service of the poor" : hospital personnel in pursuit of security
- The sick poor and the economy of care
- Epilogue.