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Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 (Paperback)
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Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 (Paperback)
Series: Scottish Religious Cultures
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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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