Health Care and Poor Relief in Counter-Reformation Europe

By: Ole Peter Grell and Andrew Cunningham and Jon Arrizabalaga

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Synopsis: The role of religion was of paramount importance in the change of attitudes and approaches to health care and charity which took place in the centuries following the Council of Trent. Health Care and Poor Relief in Counter-Reformation Europe, examines the effects of the Counter-Reformation on health care and poor relief in Southern Catholic Europe in the period between 1540 and 1700.As well as a comprehensive introduction discussing issues of the nature of the Catholic or Counter-Reformation and the welfare provisions of the period, Health Care and Poor Relief sets the period in its social, economic, religious and ideological context. The book draws on the practices in different localities in Southern Europe, ranging from the Republic of Venice and the Kingdom of Naples to Germany and Austria. These examples establish how and why a revitalised and strenghtened post-Tridentine Catholic church managed to reshape and reinvigorate welfare provisions in Southern Europe.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781134684212
Related ISBNs:: 9780203980026, 9780415757393, 9780415757393, 9780415178440, 9780415178440
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/09/20
Copyrighted By:: Ole Peter Grell and Andrew Cunningham with Jon Arrizabalaga
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Jon Arrizabalaga
Edited by:: Andrew Cunningham
Edited by:: Ole Peter Grell