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Coping with Destitution: Poverty and Relief in Western Europe

Coping with Destitution: Poverty and Relief in Western Europe

Mitchison, Rosalind

Paperback

Series: Heritage

General European HistoryPoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1487581475
ISBN13: 9781487581473
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Dec 15 1991
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Food banks, welfare cheques, and shelters for the homeless are the modern face of a timeless problem. Rosalind Michison explores the historical context of poverty and relief in a study that covers four centuries of European history.


During the sixteenth century, authorities (both lay and ecclesiastical) and individuals alike showed a marked concern over the state of the poor in Western Europe. Mitchison analyses the nature of this concern and its possible causes. She then examines relief system as set up in various countries, comparing the approach of Catholic and Protestant states, and assessing what they had achieved by the mid-eighteenth century. Among the issues she discusses are the problems of funding and different possible bases for this, the issue of church or state control of poor relief, and the role of military developments in changing attitudes towards poverty and destitution. The last section of the book concentrates on developments within Britain and Ireland and examines the influence of social theories on the quality of provision.

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