Laurinda Abreu

The Political and Social Dynamics of Poverty, Poor Relief and Health Care in Early-Modern Portugal (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

By the end of the fifteenth century most European counties had witnessed a profound reformation of their poor relief and health care policies. The Political and Social Dynamics of Poverty, Poor Relief and Health Care in Early-Modern Portugal demonstrates Portugal was among them and actively participated in such reforms. Providing the first English language monograph on this this topic, Laurinda Abreu examines the Portuguese experience and places it within the broader European context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317020882
• Artikelnr.: 44863725

Autorenporträt

Laurinda Abreu is Professor of History at the University of Ã0/00vora, Portugal. She is director of the University of Ã0/00vora's Erasmus Mundus PhD, PhoenixJDP - Dynamics of Health and Welfare. She was the coordinator (2001-09) of the Phoenix TN - European Thematic Network on Health and Social Welfare Policy, and President (2011-13) of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health. Her recent publications include a co-edited book with S. Sheard, (eds), Hospital Life: Theory and Practice from the Medieval to the Modern; and Pina Manique: um reformador no Portugal das Luzes.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction. Part I Charity and Poor Relief in Portugal at the Dawn of the Early Modern Period: The Organisation and Consolidation of Crown Authority: Social and political contexts
'For the benefit of the body': hospital and health care reform
Epidemic control
The foundation of the misericórdias
The organisation of the welfare services
The funding of poor relief. Part II Institutions as Social Actors Mediating between Society, the Authorities and Individuals: Poor relief in an institutional context
The movement to found confinement institutions
The population of female recolhimentos: 'wives, nuns and prostitutes'
Hospitals and their users
Prisons and misericórdias
Conclusion
Manuscript sources
Printed sources
Bibliography
Index.