By the end of the fifteenth century most European counties had witnessed a profound reformation of their poor relief and health care policies. The Political and Social Dynamics of Poverty, Poor Relief and Health Care in Early-Modern Portugal demonstrates Portugal was among them and actively participated in such reforms. Providing the first English
By the end of the fifteenth century most European counties had witnessed a profound reformation of their poor relief and health care policies. The Political and Social Dynamics of Poverty, Poor Relief and Health Care in Early-Modern Portugal demonstrates Portugal was among them and actively participated in such reforms. Providing the first English
Laurinda Abreu is Professor of History at the University of ÿvora, Portugal. She is director of the University of ÿvora's Erasmus Mundus PhD, PhoenixJDP - Dynamics of Health and Welfare. She was the coordinator (2001-09) of the Phoenix TN - European Thematic Network on Health and Social Welfare Policy, and President (2011-13) of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health. Her recent publications include a co-edited book with S. Sheard, (eds), Hospital Life: Theory and Practice from the Medieval to the Modern; and Pina Manique: um reformador no Portugal das Luzes.
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Contents: Introduction. Part I Charity and Poor Relief in Portugal at the Dawn of the Early Modern Period: The Organisation and Consolidation of Crown Authority: Social and political contexts 'For the benefit of the body': hospital and health care reform Epidemic control The foundation of the misericórdias The organisation of the welfare services The funding of poor relief. Part II Institutions as Social Actors Mediating between Society, the Authorities and Individuals: Poor relief in an institutional context The movement to found confinement institutions The population of female recolhimentos: 'wives, nuns and prostitutes' Hospitals and their users Prisons and misericórdias Conclusion Manuscript sources Printed sources Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction. Part I Charity and Poor Relief in Portugal at the Dawn of the Early Modern Period: The Organisation and Consolidation of Crown Authority: Social and political contexts 'For the benefit of the body': hospital and health care reform Epidemic control The foundation of the misericórdias The organisation of the welfare services The funding of poor relief. Part II Institutions as Social Actors Mediating between Society, the Authorities and Individuals: Poor relief in an institutional context The movement to found confinement institutions The population of female recolhimentos: 'wives, nuns and prostitutes' Hospitals and their users Prisons and misericórdias Conclusion Manuscript sources Printed sources Bibliography Index.
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