Poor Relief in England, 1350-1600

Informationen zum Autor Marjorie Keniston McIntosh is Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her previous publications include Controlling Misbehavior in England, 1370–1600 (Cambridge University Press, 1998), Working Women in English Society, 1300–1620 (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and two books about colonial and postcolonial African women. Klappentext This ground-breaking work traces developments in poor relief from the mid-fourteenth century to the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601. Zusammenfassung This ground-breaking work is the first to trace developments in poor relief from the mid-fourteenth century to the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601. It explores changing conceptions of poverty and charity and altered roles for the church! state and private organizations in the provision of relief. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Late Medieval and Early Tudor Patterns: 2. Seeking alms; 3. Late medieval hospitals and almshouses; 4. Aid given through and by the parish; Part II. Profound Change during the Early Reformation Period: 5. New ideas and new policies, c.1530-53; Part III. Intensified Problems and Altered Approaches in the Later Sixteenth Century: 6. The burgeoning of begging, collection, and fraud; 7. The changing nature of almshouses and hospitals; 8. Support for the parish poor; Part IV. Responding to the Problems: 9. The Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601; 10. Conclusion; Appendices.

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• Authors: Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston (University of Colorado Boulder) McIntosh, McIntosh Marjorie Keniston
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9781107015081
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01508-1
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Poverty & unemployment, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Poverty and precarity