This ground-breaking work traces developments in poor relief from the mid fourteenth century to the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601.
Contents
Cover; Poor Relief in England, 1350-1600; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on conventions and online resources; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Poverty, charity, and three forms of relief; 1.2 Analytic questions and sources; 1.3 The changing practical and ideological context; 1.4 Additional kinds of aid; Part I Late medieval and early Tudor patterns; 2 Seeking alms; 2.1 Parliamentary and urban policies; 2.2 Licensed requests for alms due to special need; 2.3 Gathering for hospitals and other charitable causes; 3 Late medieval hospitals and almshouses.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-337) and index.
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