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- Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
summary
Challenges conventional views of medieval piety by demonstrating how the ideology of charity and its vision of the active life provided an important alternative to the ascetical, contemplative tradition emphasized by most historians
Table of Contents
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- Text
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- 2. A Cascade of Hospitals
- pp. 45-88
- 4. The Hospitaller Orders
- pp. 126-177
- 5. Lay Piety
- pp. 178-221
- 6. Charity That Sanctifies
- pp. 222-244
- 7. The Religious Dimensions of Care
- pp. 245-266
- Conclusion: Between Two Worlds
- pp. 267-286
- Bibliography
- pp. 287-308
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813218878
Related ISBN(s)
9780813215808
MARC Record
OCLC
714800184
Pages
333
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2009
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