Charity and Welfare: Hospitals and the Poor in Medieval Catalonia by James William Brodman Philadephia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998 ISBN 0812234367 (available in March, 1998)

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The Hospital of Sant Pau is the successor to Barcelona's medieval Hospital de Santa Creu

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Table of Contents  
   Preface -- ix 1: Hospitals and the Poor -- 1 2: Feeding the Poor in Medieval Catalonia: The Role of the Cathedral Almshouse --  8 3: The Origins of Hospices and Hospitals -- 28 4: Hospitals and Hospitallers -- 47 5: Hospitals and Disease in the Medieval City -- 73 6: The Care of Women and Children -- 100 7: Late Medieval Assistance: A Religious or a Secular Model?  -- 125 Appendix: Selected Hospitals, Shelters, and Relief Agencies     in Catalonia, Majorca, and Valencia -- 145 Notes  -- 149 Bibliography -- 207 Index -- 223  Return to Main Page