1st Edition
Charity and Community in Montpellier, 13th–16th Centuries The Multiplication of Loaves
By Lucie Laumonier
Copyright 2026
196 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book tells the story of the ‘Charity’ of Montpellier, a city-wide distribution of alms held once a year from the 13th to the 16th century. Such Charities were very common in the towns and cities of Southern France in the Middle Ages but have never been the focus of an in-depth study.
Through the investigation of the emergence, history, and disappearance of the Montpellier Charity, the book... Read more
Introduction
1. Dawn: Montpellier and the Early Charity
2. The Charity: A Performance of Community
3. A Grassroot Celebration: Guilds and the Charity
4. Collective Governance and Mutual Accountability
5. The Multiplication of the Loaves
6. Dusk of the Charity (c. 1520-1550)
Appendices
Biography
Lucie Laumonier is an affiliated assistant professor at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Her research focuses on the social history of late medieval Languedoc, with an eye towards religious practices and family history. Her first monograph was Solitudes et solidarités en ville, Montpellier 13e–15e siècles (2015).
