Sienese Hospitals Within and Beyond the City Walls

Charity and the Ospedale Di Santa Maria Della Scala, 1400-1600
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-64189-434-0
Verlag: ARC Humanities Press

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Places and Spaces, Medieval to Modern

This book combines the history of charitable institutions with the study of power in urban and rural spaces from the late medieval to the early modern era. Focusing on the Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, the book goes beyond examining hospitals in an urban context to also consider the significant impact of charitable institutions in rural spaces. Case studies of Santa Maria della Scala's farms allow an investigation of the relationship between urban institutions and their rural properties, while looking at subject hospitals outside the Sienese state offers a glimpse into the competition for power with non-Sienese entities. As Siena's politics shifted in the sixteenth century, Santa Maria della Scala and its rural spaces became sites where power was negotiated. The book thus demonstrates how geographies of power affected the practice of charity for both urban hospitals and the rural communities they influenced.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loose Guerrero, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Most Pious House: Charity and Power in the City

Chapter 2: An Extended Family: Rural Charity and Power in the Contado

Chapter 3: Spaces of Charity Beyond Siena’s Borders: The Spedali di Fuori

Chapter 4: Charity and Power in Crisis: Shifting Dynamics

Chapter 5: Power in the Granducato: Santa Maria della Scala and the Medici Grand Dukes

Conclusion

Epilogue: Santa Maria della Scala’s Spaces of Charity after 1600

Über Autor(innen)

Loose Guerrero, Sarah
Sarah Loose Guerrero is an Assistant Professor of History at Brigham Young University in Utah, USA