Research Catalog

Title

On assistance to the poor / Juan Luis Vives ; translated with introduction and commentary by Alice Tobriner.

Author

Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tobriner, Alice, 1922-
• Renaissance Society of America.

Description

vii, 62 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• "'I wish we were able to eliminate poverty completely in this city.' Those words echo a sentiment that could have been written yesterday, but represent the feelings of Juan Luis Vives, a Spanish humanist living in Bruges in 1526. The urban problems of sixteenth-century Bruges seem very familiar to the modern reader: poverty, overcrowding, crime, the problems of the mentally ill, and the issue of the responsibility of government for the care of the poor.
• Published in 1526, On Assistance to the Poor was Vives's effort to bring forward these questions to the City Council of Bruges, and have them addressed by local government. His distinctive development of a single integrated system out of the several practices already in use in Northern Europe presaged the English Poor Laws of 1601 and later laws in the New World.".
• "This edition, originally published in 1971 with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Alice Tobriner, is a valuable primary source in Renaissance social history."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ; 9

Uniform Title

• De subventione pauperum. English
• Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ; 9.

Alternative Title

De subventione pauperum.

Subjects

• Bruges (Belgium) > Social conditions > 16th century
• Public welfare
• Poor > Services for > Belgium > Bruges > History
• Poverty

Note

• "Reprinted from the 1971 School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago edition, entitled "A sixteenth-century urban report. Part I: Introduction and commentary. Part II: Translation of On assistance to the poor by Juan Luis Vives"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62).

Contents

A Position Paper on Poverty, 1526 -- The Times and the Proposals -- Works in a Similar Vein -- The Old Patterns -- One City's Urban Structure -- The Author within Himself -- The Innovative Mind -- The English Link -- American Counterpart -- Translation of On Assistance to the Poor / Juan Luis Vives. The Obligations of Administrators in a City toward the Poor. Identification and Registration of the Poor. Means of Providing Necessities for These Disadvantaged. Provisions for Children. Supervisors and Their Duties. The Funding of These Proposals. Assisting Those Who Suffer Sudden or Secret Misfortune. Concerning Those Who Will Oppose These Proposals. Nothing Should Stand in the Way of Carrying Out These Proposals. The Material and Spiritual Advantages Which Will Result from These Measures.

ISBN

0802082890

LCCN

cn 99930367

OCLC

ocm40940456

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries