1st Edition

Some Early and Later Houses of Pity (Routledge Revivals)

By John Hobson Copyright 1926
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

From around the eleventh century until the Reformation, a close connection between the Church and hospitals was formed as they became a refuge for the ill, ostracised and poor. First published in 1926, John Morrison Hobson presents a fascinating survey of the hospitals and almshouses found throughout medieval England. Full of photographs and illustrations, Hobson surveys the almshouses by... Read more

Preface; 1. Introductory 2. Lazar-houses 3. Northumbria 4. Merica 5. The West Saxon Kingdom 6. West Saxon Kingdom Continued 7. More West Saxon Shires 8. The Hospital at Ewelme 9. East Anglia 10. Kent and Essex 11. Whitgift’s Hospital in Surrey 12. Whitgift’s Hospital Continued 13. Trinity Hospital at Guildford 14. London North of the Thames 15. London South of the River 16. Retrospective; Index

Biography

John Morrison Hobson