Medieval Healthcare and the Rise of Charitable Institutions The History of the Municipal Hospital /

• Main Author: Ziegler, Tiffany A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Literature, Medieval.; Europe-History-476-1492.; Medicine-History.; Medieval Literature.; History of Medieval Europe.; History of Medicine.

Medieval Healthcare and the Rise of Charitable Institutions: The History of the Municipal Hospital examines the development of medieval institutions of care, beginning with a survey of the earliest known hospitals in ancient times to the classical period, to the early Middle Ages, and finally to the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Hospital in History, c. 3500 BCE-c. 500 CE
• Chapter 3: Early Medieval Charitable Institutions and Hospitals, c. 500-1000 CE
• Chapter 4: High Medieval Charitable Institutions and Hospitals, c. 1000-1300 CE
• Chapter 5: The Creation of the Hospital of Saint John
• Chapter 6: On Bishops, Popes, Councils, and Statutes
• Chapter 7: The Rise of Brussels' Municipal Hospital
• Chapter 8: Conclusion.