CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS POOR RELIEF IN ENGLAND 1350 1600 2014 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: POOR RELIEF IN ENGLAND, 1350-1600

PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LINK: http://is.gd/OjkasV RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL

FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.08

ISBN: 9781107634534 STORE DATE: 2014

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AUTHOR: MARJORIE KENISTON MCINTOSH



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Between the mid fourteenth century and the Poor Laws of 1598 and

1601, English poor relief moved toward a more coherent and

comprehensive network of support. Marjorie McIntosh's study, the

first to trace developments across that time span, focuses on

three types of assistance: licensed begging and the solicitation

of charitable alms; hospitals and almshouses for the bedridden

and elderly; and the aid given by parishes. It explores changing

conceptions of poverty and charity and altered roles for the

church, state and private organizations in the provision of

relief. The study highlights fraud and negligence, mounting

concern with proper supervision and accounting, cooperation

between national and lower levels of government, and the

creativity of local people in responding to poverty. This

groundbreaking work challenges existing accounts of the Poor

Laws, showing that they addressed problems with forms of aid

already in use rather than creating a new system of relief