Cover; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; Poor relief in the Dutch Republic; Research design; 2. Organizing poor relief; Reforming medieval social care; Poor relief in a Golden Age; The system under pressure; Conclusion; 3. Financing outdoor poor relief; Income; Collections and alms boxes; Testamentary bequests and inter vivos gifts; Income from capital and real estate; Subsidies; Developments in the financing of poor relief over time; Tolerated religious charities; Expenditure; Financial management; Balancing income and expenditure; Crisis management; Conclusion; 4. Organizing collections
Types and frequencyRegulation and control; Between nudge and obligation; Conclusion; 5. The rhetoric of giving; Perceptions of poverty and charity; Civic exhortations to give; Charity as a civic and religious duty; Methods of persuasion; Religious exhortations to give; Preaching in the early modern period; Views on wealth and poverty; Charity as a Christian duty; Guidelines for giving; Conclusion; 6. Donating to collections; The donors; Collection gifts; Effective policies; The boundaries of voluntarism; Paying for poor relief; Conclusion; 7. Conclusion
Financing poor relief in the Dutch RepublicEncouraging charitable giving; Donating to collections; Differences between localities and developments over time; Explaining the success of charitable collections in the Dutch Republic; Notes; Appendices; A Financial administration of poor relief institutions; B Income of poor relief institutions; C Income of poor relief institutions corrected for inflation; D Sermons and religious writings; Bibliography; Index
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