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The Role of the Hospital in Medieval England: Gift-giving and the Spiritual Economy

Sheila Sweetinburgh

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Hospitals in medieval England gave and received gifts as part of the spiritual economy, engaging in an ongoing process of gift-exchange and reciprocity with the rich, as hospital patrons and benefactors. Those inside the hospital, the poor, infirm, and other unfortunates, also had a role to play, and as recipients of spiritual and bodily aid from the hospital, they could offer prayers of intercession for the house's benefactors, so playing a part in the exchange of gifts.

This study of the relationships between those inside and outside the hospital gate offers the opportunity to explore the social history of the medieval English hospital. It also provides a national survey of the English medieval hospital in conjunction with a number of complementary regional and local case studies.

Sheila Sweetinburgh holds degrees from the University of Kent, where she now teaches history.

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Four Courts Press

Release: December 31, 2004

ISBN: 1851827943

ISBN 13: 9781851827947

The Role of the Hospital in Medieval England: Gift-giving and the Spiritual Economy

Sheila Sweetinburgh

0/5 ( ratings)

Hospitals in medieval England gave and received gifts as part of the spiritual economy, engaging in an ongoing process of gift-exchange and reciprocity with the rich, as hospital patrons and benefactors. Those inside the hospital, the poor, infirm, and other unfortunates, also had a role to play, and as recipients of spiritual and bodily aid from the hospital, they could offer prayers of intercession for the house's benefactors, so playing a part in the exchange of gifts.

This study of the relationships between those inside and outside the hospital gate offers the opportunity to explore the social history of the medieval English hospital. It also provides a national survey of the English medieval hospital in conjunction with a number of complementary regional and local case studies.

Sheila Sweetinburgh holds degrees from the University of Kent, where she now teaches history.

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Four Courts Press

Release: December 31, 2004

ISBN: 1851827943

ISBN 13: 9781851827947

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