Poor Relief and Protestantism : The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction; Pre-Reformation poor relief in Emden; Social welfare after the Reformation (c. 1525-50); The evolution of new social welfare institutions; The administration of poor relief in the second half of the 16th century; Social welfare and minority groups in Calvinist Emden; Church discipline, social disciplining and poor relief; Emden and the development of ’reformed’ social welfare; Appendix: about the currency; Bibliography; Index.