1st Edition

Mediaeval Hospitals of England

By R.M. Clay Copyright 1966

    First Published in 2004. The study of these ancient charities calls attention to extent of leprosy in England and the early foundations for strangers linked to the widespread practice of pilgrimage. This title aims to serve as an example and pattern for young and earnest students of real history, the history of ordinary human beings rather than of generals and of kings. This also acts as a book of reference for readers and writers, a treatise on the Mediaeval Hospitals of England.

    Part I ; Chapter 1 HOSPITALS FOR WAYFARERS AND THE SICK; Chapter 2 HOMES FOR THE FEEBLE AND DESTITUTE; Chapter 3 HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE; Chapter 4 THE LAZAR-HOUSE; Chapter 5 THE LEPER IN ENGLAND; Chapter 6 FOUNDERS AND BENEFACTORS; Chapter 7 HOSPITAL INMATES; Chapter 8 HOSPITAL DWELLINGS; Chapter 9 THE CONSTITUTION; Chapter 10 THE HOUSEHOLD AND ITS MEMBERS; Chapter 11 THE CARE OF THE SOUL; Chapter 12 THE CARE OF THE BODY; Chapter 13 HOSPITAL FUNDS; Chapter 14 RELATIONS WITH CHURCH AND STATE; Chapter 15 DECLINE OF THE HOSPITALS; Chapter 16 THE DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND ITS EFFECT UPON HOSPITALS; Part II ; Chapter 17 NOTES ON HOSPITAL PATRON SAINTS;

    Biography

    R.M. Clay