On hospitals : welfare, law, and Christianity in Western Europe, 400-1320 / Sethina Watson.
2020
RA964
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Title
On hospitals : welfare, law, and Christianity in Western Europe, 400-1320 / Sethina Watson.
ISBN
9780191882210 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (400 pages).
Call Number
RA964
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.11094
Summary
A ground breaking study, 'On Hospitals' explores welfare institutions in western law in the middle ages and establishes a legal model for the hospital. Running against orthodox opinion, Watson places welfare institutions, rather than Church-run organisations, at the heart of the medieval hospital's history.
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A ground breaking study, 'On Hospitals' explores welfare institutions in western law in the middle ages and establishes a legal model for the hospital. Running against orthodox opinion, Watson places welfare institutions, rather than Church-run organisations, at the heart of the medieval hospital's history.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2020).
Series
Oxford studies in medieval European history.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198847533
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