IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1118: Changing Ideas of the Poor for Whom Hospitals Were Provided
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Department of History, University of Huddersfield |
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Organiser: | Patricia Cullum, Department of History, University of Huddersfield |
Moderator/Chair: | Sethina Watson, Department of History, University of York |
Paper 1118-a | The Benefits and Obligations of Hospital Residents, 1350-1540 (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 1118-b | Hospitals, Charity, and the Culture of Compassion in the 12th and 13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 1118-c | New Hospitals/New Poor in Late Medieval England? (Language: English) Index terms: Religious Life, Social History |
Abstract | The session will explore changing ideas of the poor who were provided for in hospitals over the longue duree from 12th to early 16th century. It will consider different definitions of the 'poor' or the 'sick', how and why hospital provision changed over time, and what expectations there of hospital residents. The geographical scope of the session will be England and northern France. |