Health Care and Poor Relief in Protestant Europe 1500-1700 (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)

Cunningham, Andrew; Grell, Ole Peter

ISBN 10: 0415121302 / ISBN 13: 9780415121309

Published by Routledge, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health Care and Poor Relief in Protestant Europe 1500-1700 (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415121302
• ISBN 13: 9780415121309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The problem of the poor grew in the early modern period as populations rose dramatically and created many extra pressures on the state. In Northern Europe, cities were going through a period of rapid growth and central and local administrations saw considerable expansion. This volume provides an outline of the developments in health care and poor relief in the economically important regions of Northern Europe in this period when urban poverty became a generally recognized problem for both magistracies and governments. With contributions from international scholars in the field, including Jonathan Israel, Paul Slack and Rosalind Mitchison, this volume draws on research into local conditions and maps general patterns of development.

About the Author

Andrew Cunningham and Ole Peter Grell, both of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Cambridge.