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This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation.

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Acknowledgements Conventions Abbreviations List of Tables Map Introduction Chapter 1. Ideas, Attitudes and Ambitions Section I: The Development of Kirk Session Poor Relief Chapter 2. Urban Beginnings and Developments, c. 1560-c. 1610 Chapter 3. Poor Relief Beyond the Main Burghs, c. 1590-c. 1650 Chapter 4: Poor Relief under Stress Section II: The Nature of Kirk Session Poor Relief Chapter 5. The Mechanics of Relief Chapter 6. Who Were the Poor? The Recipients of Relief Chapter 7. Who Was Deserving? Decision-Making and Discrimination Chapter 8. Beyond the Kirk Session: Mixed Economies of Relief Conclusion Appendix: Equivalent Values from Wages and Prices Bibliography

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 31 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9781474474788
      978-1474474788
      ISBN-10 1474474780

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Conventions Abbreviations List of Tables Map Introduction Chapter 1. Ideas, Attitudes and Ambitions Section I: The Development of Kirk Session Poor Relief Chapter 2. Urban Beginnings and Developments, c. 1560-c. 1610 Chapter 3. Poor Relief Beyond the Main Burghs, c. 1590-c. 1650 Chapter 4: Poor Relief under Stress Section II: The Nature of Kirk Session Poor Relief Chapter 5. The Mechanics of Relief Chapter 6. Who Were the Poor? The Recipients of Relief Chapter 7. Who Was Deserving? Decision-Making and Discrimination Chapter 8. Beyond the Kirk Session: Mixed Economies of Relief Conclusion Appendix: Equivalent Values from Wages and Prices Bibliography

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