Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650:

An exploration of poverty and charity in early modern ScotlandThis book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reforma...

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1. Verfasser: McCallum, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Scottish Religious Cultures : SRC
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Zusammenfassung:An exploration of poverty and charity in early modern ScotlandThis book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation.John McCallum challenges the assumption that charitable activity was weak and informal in Scotland by uncovering the surviving records of welfare work carried out by the church. And he skilfully demonstrates that kirk sessions were key welfare providers in early modern Scotland and provided effective relief to a range of people who struggled in poverty. In addition to the analysis of specific parish activities, readers gain a rare insight into the lives of the poor Scots who looked to the church for assistance in the early modern era.Key FeaturesChallenges conventional interpretations which stress secularisation in the development of welfareThe first analysis of the practice of poor relief and experiences of poverty in pre-modern ScotlandBased on extensive archival research involving over thirty Scottish parishesProvides a new interpretation of the nature and effectiveness of pre-modern welfare provisionExtends Scottish Reformation studies into new territory by considering charity for the first time
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
ISBN:9781474427289
DOI:10.1515/9781474427289

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