On hospitals welfare, law, and Christianity in Western Europe, 400-1320
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 h...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2020, 2020
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Series: | Oxford studies in medieval European history / Oxford studies in medieval European history
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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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Physical Description: | 400 pages |
ISBN: | 9780191882210 |