Charity and Community in Medieval Cambridge

by Miri Rubin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521893984
• ISBN13: 9780521893985
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"