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Reformation of Charity The Secular and the Religious in Early Modern Poor Relief

Reformation of Charity The Secular and the Religious in Early Modern Poor Relief
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  • ISBN-13: 9780391042117
  • ISBN: 0391042114
  • Publisher: BRILL

AUTHOR

Safley, Thomas Max

SUMMARY

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 ilite). 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.Safley, Thomas Max is the author of 'Reformation of Charity The Secular and the Religious in Early Modern Poor Relief' with ISBN 9780391042117 and ISBN 0391042114.

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