The Medieval economy of salvation: charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital
In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of...
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Zusammenfassung: | In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of Champagne, he looks at the ways in which charitable organizations and individuals—townspeople, merchants, aristocrats, and ecclesiastics—saw in these new institutions a means of infusing charitable giving and service with new social significance and heightened expectations of spiritual rewards.Hospitals served as visible symbols of piety and, as a result, were popular objects of benefaction. They also presented lay women and men with new penitential opportunities to personally perform the works of mercy, which many embraced as a way to earn salvation. At the same time, these establishments served a variety of functions beyond caring for the sick and the poor; as benefactors donated lands and money to them, hospitals became increasingly central to local economies, supplying loans, distributing food, and acting as landlords. In tracing the rise of the medieval hospital during a period of intense urbanization and the transition from a gift economy to a commercial one, Davis makes clear how embedded this charitable institution was in the wider social, cultural, religious, and economic fabric of medieval life |
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spelling | Davis, Adam Jeffrey 1973- Verfasser (DE-588)132779277 aut The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital Adam J. Davis Ithaca, NY ; London Cornell University Press [2019] © 2019 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 317 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of Champagne, he looks at the ways in which charitable organizations and individuals—townspeople, merchants, aristocrats, and ecclesiastics—saw in these new institutions a means of infusing charitable giving and service with new social significance and heightened expectations of spiritual rewards.Hospitals served as visible symbols of piety and, as a result, were popular objects of benefaction. They also presented lay women and men with new penitential opportunities to personally perform the works of mercy, which many embraced as a way to earn salvation. At the same time, these establishments served a variety of functions beyond caring for the sick and the poor; as benefactors donated lands and money to them, hospitals became increasingly central to local economies, supplying loans, distributing food, and acting as landlords. In tracing the rise of the medieval hospital during a period of intense urbanization and the transition from a gift economy to a commercial one, Davis makes clear how embedded this charitable institution was in the wider social, cultural, religious, and economic fabric of medieval life Geschichte 1100-1300 gnd rswk-swf France, Christianity, religious culture, Champagne France History Of Medicine Religious Studies HISTORY / Medieval bisacsh Religiosität (DE-588)4049428-7 gnd rswk-swf Wirtschaftswachstum (DE-588)4066527-6 gnd rswk-swf Hospital (DE-588)4025913-4 gnd rswk-swf Wohltätigkeit (DE-588)4190155-1 gnd rswk-swf Champagne (DE-588)4009728-6 gnd rswk-swf Champagne (DE-588)4009728-6 g Hospital (DE-588)4025913-4 s Wirtschaftswachstum (DE-588)4066527-6 s Wohltätigkeit (DE-588)4190155-1 s Religiosität (DE-588)4049428-7 s Geschichte 1100-1300 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 978-1-5017-4210-1 (DE-604)BV046356506 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501742118 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
spellingShingle | Davis, Adam Jeffrey 1973- The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital France, Christianity, religious culture, Champagne France History Of Medicine Religious Studies HISTORY / Medieval bisacsh Religiosität (DE-588)4049428-7 gnd Wirtschaftswachstum (DE-588)4066527-6 gnd Hospital (DE-588)4025913-4 gnd Wohltätigkeit (DE-588)4190155-1 gnd |
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title | The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital |
title_auth | The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital |
title_exact_search | The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital |
title_full | The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital Adam J. Davis |
title_fullStr | The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital Adam J. Davis |
title_full_unstemmed | The Medieval economy of salvation charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital Adam J. Davis |
title_short | The Medieval economy of salvation |
title_sort | the medieval economy of salvation charity commerce and the rise of the hospital |
title_sub | charity, commerce, and the rise of the hospital |
topic | France, Christianity, religious culture, Champagne France History Of Medicine Religious Studies HISTORY / Medieval bisacsh Religiosität (DE-588)4049428-7 gnd Wirtschaftswachstum (DE-588)4066527-6 gnd Hospital (DE-588)4025913-4 gnd Wohltätigkeit (DE-588)4190155-1 gnd |
topic_facet | France, Christianity, religious culture, Champagne France History Of Medicine Religious Studies HISTORY / Medieval Religiosität Wirtschaftswachstum Hospital Wohltätigkeit Champagne |
url | https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501742118 |
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