Research Catalog

Title

Poverty and welfare in Habsburg Spain : the example of Toledo / Linda Martz.

Author

Martz, Linda, 1939-

Publication

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

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Details

Description

xvii, 266 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge Iberian and Latin American studies

Uniform Title

Cambridge Iberian and Latin American studies

Subject

• Charities > Spain > Toledo > History
• Poor > Spain > Toledo > History
• Charities
• Poor
• Social policy
• Fürsorge
• Armut
• Armenzorg
• Oeuvres de bienfaisance > Espagne > Tolède > histoire > 16e siècle
• Hospices > Espagne > Tolède > histoire > 16e siècle
• Geschichte (1520-1630)
• Geschichte (1528-1625)
• Toledo (Spain) > Social policy
• Spain > Toledo
• Toledo
• Tolède (Espagne) > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 254-261.

Contents

pt. 1. Castile and the Relief of the Poor -- Castilian legislation, debates and innovations -- Juan Luis Vives and the European reforms -- The Castilian reaction -- Hospitals and the growth of new order -- The reform of charitable institutions -- The Tridentine reforms -- Hospital consolidations and beggars; hospitals -- pt. 2. Poverty and Welfare in Toledo -- The city of Toledo -- The population, 1528-1625 -- Richa and poor in 1561 -- The relief of the poor -- Private charitable institutions -- Hospitals and confraternities -- The Hospital of Tavera -- The confraternity of the Santa Caridad -- The recipients of relief -- Parish poor and hospital patients -- The preoccupation with youth.

ISBN

• 0521239524
• 9780521239523

LCCN

82019725

OCLC

• ocm08845728
• 8845728
• SCSB-49309

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library