Author: Sheila Sweetinburgh
Title: The Hospital in Medieval England: Gift-giving and the Spiritual Economy
Description: Four Courts Press Ltd, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9781851827947 Firmly bound, clean pages, some moderate pen underlining in chapters 1&2; half-inch tear to top rear corner of jacket. Hospitals in medieval England gave and received gifts as part of the spiritual economy, engaging in an ongoing process of gift-exchange and reciprocity with the rich, as hospital patrons and benefactors. Those inside the hospital, the poor, infirm, and other unfortunates, also had a role to play, and as recipients of spiritual and bodily aid from the hospital, they could offer prayers of intercession for the house's benefactors, so playing a part in the exchange of gifts. This study of the relationships between those inside and outside the hospital gate offers the opportunity to explore the social history of the medieval English hospital. It also provides a national survey of the English medieval hospital in conjunction with a number of complementary regional and local case studies. 240 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9781851827947. Inventory No: dscf11960.
Keywords: BZDB229 History; The Hospital in Medieval England Giftgiving and the Spiritual Economy Sheila Sweetinburgh
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Title: The Hospital in Medieval England: Gift-giving and the Spiritual Economy
Description: Four Courts Press Ltd, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9781851827947 Firmly bound, clean pages, some moderate pen underlining in chapters 1&2; half-inch tear to top rear corner of jacket. Hospitals in medieval England gave and received gifts as part of the spiritual economy, engaging in an ongoing process of gift-exchange and reciprocity with the rich, as hospital patrons and benefactors. Those inside the hospital, the poor, infirm, and other unfortunates, also had a role to play, and as recipients of spiritual and bodily aid from the hospital, they could offer prayers of intercession for the house's benefactors, so playing a part in the exchange of gifts. This study of the relationships between those inside and outside the hospital gate offers the opportunity to explore the social history of the medieval English hospital. It also provides a national survey of the English medieval hospital in conjunction with a number of complementary regional and local case studies. 240 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9781851827947. Inventory No: dscf11960.
Keywords: BZDB229 History; The Hospital in Medieval England Giftgiving and the Spiritual Economy Sheila Sweetinburgh
Price: GBP 25.00 = appr. US$ 35.70 Seller: Denton Island Books
- Book number: dscf11960
- Book number: dscf11960
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