This study develops our understanding of medieval society through an examination of its charitable activities. In a detailed study of the forms in which relief was organised in medieval Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, the book unravels the economic and demographic factors which created the need for relief as well as the forms in which the community offered it. With continual reference to the religious teachings of priests and friars and the changing ideas of lay piety, Dr Rubin relates the changing forms of charitable giving to the shift in attitudes towards community and social order, towards relations between laity and clergy, and towards the poor. A local study is thus set in a wide comparative context, drawing together contributions in the fields of social, religious, economic and urban history.
Miri Rubin Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
1 januari 1956
Miri Rubin is een middeleeuwse historicus wiens werk zich verdiept in de sociale en religieuze geschiedenis van Europa tussen 1100 en 1500. Haar onderzoek verkent de complexe verbanden tussen openbare rituelen, macht en het gemeenschapsleven. Rubin biedt diepgaande inzichten in de vorming en invloed van Europese samenlevingen in de late middeleeuwen. Haar analyses bieden lezers een boeiende kijk op de dynamiek van het verleden.
