Name: Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 (Scottish Religious Cultures)
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Author: John Mccallum
ISBN: 9781474427272

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Author

John Mccallum

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781474427272

Synopsis "Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 (Scottish Religious Cultures)"

This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation. John McCallum challenges the assumption that charitable activity was weak and informal in Scotland by uncovering the surviving records of welfare work carried out by the church. And he skilfully demonstrates that kirk sessions were key welfare providers in early modern Scotland and provided effective relief to a range of people who struggled in poverty. In addition to the analysis of specific parish activities, readers gain a rare insight into the lives of the poor Scots who looked to the church for assistance in the early modern era.

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