This study develops our understanding of medieval society through an examination of its charitable activities. In a detailed study of the forms in which relief was organised in medieval Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, the book unravels the economic and demographic factors which created the need for relief as well as the forms in which the community offered it. With continual reference to the religious teachings of priests and friars and the changing ideas of lay piety, Dr Rubin relates the changing forms of charitable giving to the shift in attitudes towards community and social order, towards relations between laity and clergy, and towards the poor. A local study is thus set in a wide comparative context, drawing together contributions in the fields of social, religious, economic and urban history.
Miri Rubin Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
1. leden 1956
Miri Rubin je středověká historička, která se zaměřuje na sociální a náboženské dějiny Evropy mezi lety 1100 a 1500. Její práce zkoumá složité vazby mezi veřejnými rituály, mocenskými strukturami a životem komunity. Rubin přináší hluboký vhled do toho, jak se v pozdním středověku utvářely a ovlivňovaly evropské společnosti. Její analýzy nabízejí čtenářům fascinující pohled na dynamiku minulosti.
