Sacred Charity

Author	: Maureen Flynn
Publisher	: Springer
Total Pages	: 209
Release	: 1989-06-18
ISBN-10	: 9781349090433
ISBN-13	: 1349090433
Rating	: 4/5 (33 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Sacred Charity by : Maureen Flynn

Download or read book Sacred Charity 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. 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.

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