Sacred Charity
Download or Read eBook Sacred Charity PDF written by Maureen Flynn and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Maureen Flynn |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 1989-06-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781349090433 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1349090433 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sacred Charity by : Maureen Flynn
Book excerpt: A study of medieval confraternities and their almsgiving activities, which Flynn believes created the first comprehensive welfare system in Western Europe. She also incorporates a study of late medieval society and its religious ideology and looks at the motivation of the confraternities.
