:<i>The Reformation of Charity: The Secular and Religious in Early Modern Poor Relief</i>

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Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction, Thomas Max Safley 1. The Poverty of Christ, Lee Palmer Wandel 2. Charity and the Reformation in Italy: The Case of Treviso, David d'Andrea 3. Con buona affetione: Confraternities, Charity, and the Poor in Early Cinquecento Florence, Nicholas Eckstein 4. Welfare, Reformation, and Dearth at Memmingen, Philip L. Kintner 5. Poor Relief and Health Care Provision in South-German Catholic Cities during the Sixteenth Century, Peer Friess 6. Refashioning Poor Relief in Early Modern Emden, Timothy G. Fehler 7. Calvinism and Poor Relief in Reformation Holland, Charles H. Parker 8. Welfare Reform in Frisian Towns: Between Humanist Theory, Pious Imperatives, and Government Policy, Joke Spaans 9. Mennonites and Sectarian Poor Relief in Golden Age Amsterdam, Mary S. Sprunger 10. Curing Body and Soul: Health Care in Early Modern Orange, S. Amanda Eurich 11. Motivations for Charity in Early Modern France, Susan E. Dinan Conclusion, Thomas Max Safley Index