Overview
- Offers the first full-length, detailed study of medieval hospitals and their connection to the history of institutional care
- Connects the case of St. Johns in Brussels to the larger context of medieval history
- Provides relevant discussions for historians interested in charity, hospitals, gender, urban regions, lay devotion, and patronage
Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Case Study of the Hospital of Saint John
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The Birth of the Municipal Hospital
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Back Matter
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About this book
Medieval Healthcare and the Rise of Charitable Institutions: The History of the Municipal Hospital examines the development of medieval institutions of care, beginning with a survey of the earliest known hospitals in ancient times to the classical period, to the early Middle Ages, and finally to the explosion of hospitals in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. For Western Christian medieval societies, institutional charity was a necessity set forth by the religion’s dictums—care for the needy and sick was a tenant of the faith, leading to a unique partnership between Christianity and institutional care that would expand into the fledging hospitals of the early Modern period. In this study, the hospital of Saint John in Brussels serves as an example of the developments. The institution followed the pattern of the establishment of medieval charitable institutions in the high Middle Ages, but diverged to become anarchetype for later Christian hospitals.
Reviews
“Insightful study of the Hospital of Saint John in Brussels interweaves the complex relations among burghers seeking the vita apostolica in a confraternity, the needs of a growing city, and competition over control between religious and secular authorities. Ziegler’s painstaking research shows that Saint John’s innovative set of statutes established a truly public hospital and served as a model for many other hospitals in the Low Countries and northern France. ”(Shennan Hutton, Lecturer of Classics, University of California, Davis, USA)
“This book will make a useful introduction to the institution of the hospital and to society’s obligation to assist those in need. I know of no other book that fills this niche.” (James Brodman, Professor Emeritus, University of Central Arkansas, USA and author of Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe (2009))
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Tiffany A. Ziegler is Assistant Professor of History at Midwestern State University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medieval Healthcare and the Rise of Charitable Institutions
Book Subtitle: The History of the Municipal Hospital
Authors: Tiffany A. Ziegler
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02056-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02055-2Published: 23 October 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02056-9Published: 13 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 155
Topics: Medieval Literature, History of Medieval Europe, History of Medicine