Almshouses in Early Modern England: Charitable Housing in the Mixed Economy of Welfare, 1550-1725
Author:   Angela Nicholls
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Volume:   v. 8
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9781783271788


Pages:   291
Publication Date:   17 March 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Angela Nicholls
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.442kg
ISBN:  

9781783271788


ISBN 10:   1783271787
Pages:   291
Publication Date:   17 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Housing Policy Chronology and Distribution of Almshouse Foundations Almshouse Founders and Their Motivations Almshouse Residents and the Experience of Almshouse Life The Material Benefits of an Almshouse Place Case Study: A Seventeenth-Century Welfare Republic - the Parish of Leamington Hastings and its Almshouse Conclusion Appendix 1. Almshouse Foundations by County, 1550 - 1870 Appendix 2. Size of Almshouses in Eight English Counties, 1550 - 1725 Appendix 3. Almshouse Numbers and Places in Three Counties, 1550 - 1800 Appendix 4. Minimum Subsistence Budget in 1690s Adjusted for Inflation Bibliography

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Nicholls (thoroughly establishes how almshouses were deeply embedded in the welfare system of post-Reformation England. . . . Nicholls uses a great deal of statistical data, often expressing it through numerous charts, graphs, and tables, and provides photographs that bring the topic to life. Recommended. CHOICE


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