The Reformation of Charity

The Secular and the Religious in Early Modern Poor Relief
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-391-04211-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Studies in Central European Histories

Early modern Europe witnessed changes in the social, political, and ecclesiastical structures supporting poor relief, but notions that sharp fault lines divide rationalized, secular poor relief from morally and spiritually motivated ecclesiastical charity need rethinking. Spiritual ideals shaped political and social poor relief structures just as much as rationalization and effective administration colored ecclesiastical charity efforts. Poor relief reflects a local community. A community’s unique history, culture, political agenda, social mores, and religious ideals converge to shape how it responds to poverty, whatever the context: religious, political, or private (the élite). Sweeping statements and broad generalizations must be placed under the lamp of local circumstances. Theory and practice must unite. These studies take seriously the richness and humanity of early modern poor relief, the danger and desperation of poverty in a community, as well as the calculation and generosity of local charity.

Contributors include: David d’Andrea, Susan E. Dinan, Nicholas Eckstein, S. Amanda Eurich, Timothy G. Fehler, Peer Friess, Philip L. Kintner, Charles H. Parker, Thomas Max Safley, Joke Spaans, Mary S. Sprunger, snd Lee Palmer Wandel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Safley, Thomas Max

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Contributors

Introduction, Thomas Max Safley

1. The Poverty of Christ, Lee Palmer Wandel
2. Charity and the Reformation in Italy: The Case of Treviso, David d’Andrea
3. “Con buona affetione”: Confraternities, Charity, and the Poor in Early Cinquecento Florence, Nicholas Eckstein
4. Welfare, Reformation, and Dearth at Memmingen, Philip L. Kintner
5. Poor Relief and Health Care Provision in South-German Catholic Cities during the Sixteenth Century, Peer Friess
6. Refashioning Poor Relief in Early Modern Emden, Timothy G. Fehler
7. Calvinism and Poor Relief in Reformation Holland, Charles H. Parker
8. Welfare Reform in Frisian Towns: Between Humanist Theory, Pious Imperatives, and Government Policy, Joke Spaans
9. Mennonites and Sectarian Poor Relief in Golden Age Amsterdam, Mary S. Sprunger
10. Curing Body and Soul: Health Care in Early Modern Orange, S. Amanda Eurich
11. Motivations for Charity in Early Modern France, Susan E. Dinan

Conclusion, Thomas Max Safley

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Max Safley, Ph.D. (1980) in History, University of Wisconsin at Madison, is associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published extensively on the economic and social history of early modern Europe, including Charity and Economy in the Orphanages of Early Modern Augsburg (Brill, 1987).