Sacred charity : confraternities and social welfare in Spain, 1400-1700

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Sacred charity : confraternities and social welfare in Spain, 1400-1700

Maureen Flynn

Macmillan, 1989

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Bibliography: p. 183-197

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Medieval cities faced a multitude of problems that government refused to confront. In a world of hunger, plague and rampant poverty, charity dispensed by religious organizations provided the only relief. Challenging the widely accepted notion that charity was distributed in a haphazard and indiscriminate manner, Flynn argues that confraternities dedicated to almsgiving created the first comprehensive welfare system in Western Europe. Both rich and poor joined confraternities dedicated to feeding the hungry and caring for the sick, inspired by the belief that salvation could be procured through good deeds. They followed biblical precepts known commonly as the seven acts of mercy. The confraternities' ritual performance of these acts met material needs of the community with great regularity. Professor Flynn also uncovers an imaginative and coherent religious ideology of mutual co-operation in traditional popular culture.

目次

  • The confraternal structure of Zamora
  • the charitable activities of the confraternities
  • welfare reform - attempts to displace charity
  • the counter reformation and tradition.

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