IMC 2005: Sessions

Session 510: Care for the Poor in the Middle Ages: A European Survey

Sponsor:	Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Universität Wien
Organiser:	Andrea Sommerlechner, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Universität Wien
Moderator/Chair:	Brenda M. Bolton, University of London
Paper 510-a	Hospital Reform in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Brigitte Resl, School of Histories, Languages & Cultures, University of Liverpool Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Social History
Paper 510-b	Medieval Hospitals in Hungary (Language: English) Judit Majorossy, Department of Medieval & Early Modern History, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Social History
Paper 510-c	Medieval Hospitals in Southern Germany (Language: English) Thomas Just, Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Wien Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Social History
Abstract	The session presents a research project of the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung which intends to provide a survey on urban, ecclesiastical and seignieurial hospitals in Europe. From the range of the regions to be included, 3 examples - England, Hungary, Southern Germany - are chosen to address the questions on sources, legal and social function, target groups and excluded persons, organization and perceptions of the hospitals