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The Purchase of Paradise

TAYLOR & FRANCIS
12 / 2020
9780367206055
978-03-6720-605-5
Inglês
Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World
Ingles

Sinopse

Originally published in 1972 The Purchase of Paradise is an account of medieval philanthropy and looks at the late medieval aristocracy as a social group. The book analyses their voluntary behaviour, their gift giving and the Church and addresses the nature of charity in the Middle Ages.