Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650

by John McCallum

Book Overview

This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation.
John McCallum challenges the assumption that charitable activity was weak and informal in Scotland by uncovering the surviving records of welfare work carried out by the church. And he skilfully demonstrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474474780
• ISBN13: 9781474474788
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"