Almshouses in Early Modern England: Charitable Housing in the Mixed Economy of Welfare, 1550-1725

by Angela Nicholls

Addresses a neglected element of English welfare history, examining the role and significance of English almshouses in the period 1550 - 1725 and the contribution they made within the developing welfare systems of the time

Almshouses providing accommodation for poor people are a common feature of the towns and villages of England, visible representations of historic attitudes towards the poor. The period after the Reformation saw not only the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783271787
• ISBN13: 9781783271788
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"