1st Edition
Financing Poor Relief through Charitable Collections in Dutch Towns, c. 1600-1800
By Daniëlle Teeuwen
Copyright 2016
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the Dutch Republic, charitable collections, which formed the financial backbone of many poor relief institutions, were regularly organised by both religious and secular authorities. This book examines both the policies of church boards and town councils in organising these charitable appeals, as well as the general population's giving behaviour. Using archival sources from the towns of Delft,... Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Organizing poor relief Chapter 3. Financing outdoor poor relief Chapter 4. Organizing collections Chapter 5. The rhetoric of giving Chapter 6. Donating to collections Chapter 7. Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography.
Biography
Daniëlle Teeuwen wrote her PhD thesis at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as part of the NWO-project 'Giving in the Golden Age'. She has published in >Continuity and Change>, >the European Review of Economic History>, and >Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis>. She is currently working as a postdoc researcher within the NWO-project 'Industriousness in an Imperial Economy', in which her research deals with women's and children's labour in the Dutch East Indies (c. 1815-1940).
