The Mediæval Hospitals of England

About this eBook

Author

Clay, Rotha Mary, 1878-1961

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Hospitals, Medieval

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50501

Release Date

November 19, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Med­iæ­val Hos­pi­tals of Eng­land, by Ro­tha Mary Clay
2. 2.PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT — LIST OF PLATES
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.Notes — Introduction
5. 5.CHAPTER I HOSPITALS FOR WAYFARERS AND THE SICK — FIRST PERIOD ( circa 925–1170) — SECOND PERIOD ( circa 1170–1270) — THIRD PERIOD (1270–1470) — FOURTH PERIOD ( circa 1470–1547)
6. 6.Notes — Chapter I
7. 7.CHAPTER II HOMES FOR THE FEEBLE AND DESTITUTE — (1) ALMSHOUSES IN CITIES — (2) ALMSHOUSES IN BOROUGHS — (3) GILD ALMSHOUSES — (4) PRIVATE ALMSHOUSES — (5) HOMES FOR JEWS — (6) HOMES FOR POOR CLERGY AND FOR LAY GENTLEFOLK — (7) HOMES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
8. 8.Notes — Chapter II
9. 9.CHAPTER III HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE
10. 10.Note — Chapter III
11. 11.CHAPTER IV THE LAZAR-HOUSE — (a) Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries — (b) Fourteenth Century (1300–1350) — (c) Fourteenth Century (1350–1400) — (d) Fifteenth Century — (e) Sixteenth Century
12. 12.Notes — Chapter IV
13. 13.CHAPTER V THE LEPER IN ENGLAND — 1. PIONEERS OF CHARITY — 2. PUBLIC OPINION — 3. CIVIL JURISDICTION — 4. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION — 5. EXAMINATION OF SUSPECTED PERSONS — 6. TREATMENT OF THE BODY — 7. TREATMENT OF THE SPIRIT
14. 14.Notes — Chapter V
15. 15.CHAPTER VI FOUNDERS AND BENEFACTORS — FIRST PERIOD (BEFORE 1066) — SECOND PERIOD (1066–1272) — THIRD PERIOD (1272–1540) — TOMBS OF FOUNDERS AND BENEFACTORS — AIMS AND MOTIVES OF BENEFACTORS
16. 16.Notes — Chapter VI
17. 17.CHAPTER VII HOSPITAL INMATES — (i) PERSONS MIRACULOUSLY CURED — (ii) CROWN PENSIONERS — (iii) INMATES OF SOME LAZAR-HOUSES — (iv) SOLITARY OUTCASTS
18. 18.Notes — Chapter VII
19. 19.CHAPTER VIII HOSPITAL DWELLINGS — i. HALL WITH TERMINATING CHAPEL — ii. HALL WITH DETACHED CHAPEL — iii. GROUP OF BUILDINGS AND CHAPEL — iv. NARROW COURTYARD — v. CRUCIFORM PLAN
20. 20.Notes — Chapter VIII
21. 21.CHAPTER IX THE CONSTITUTION — 1. NOMINATION AND ADMISSION — 2. REGULATIONS — 3. PENALTIES
22. 22.Notes — Chapter IX
23. 23.CHAPTER X THE HOUSEHOLD AND ITS MEMBERS — (i) THE LEPER HOUSEHOLD — (ii) THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE INFIRMARY AND ALMSHOUSE
24. 24.CHAPTER XI THE CARE OF THE SOUL — 1. THE SERVICES — 2. THE CHAPEL
25. 25.Notes — Chapter XI
26. 26.CHAPTER XII THE CARE OF THE BODY — 1. FOOD — 2. FIRING AND LIGHTS — 3. BEDDING — 4. TOILET — 5. CLOTHING
27. 27.Notes — Chapter XII
28. 28.CHAPTER XIII HOSPITAL FUNDS — 1. ENDOWMENTS — 2. BEQUESTS — 3. PROFITS BY TRADING — 4. ADMISSION FEES — 5. INVOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS — (6) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS — 7. ALMS OF PILGRIMS
29. 29.Notes — Chapter XIII
30. 30.CHAPTER XIV RELATIONS WITH CHURCH AND STATE — (i) RELATIONS WITH THE KING AND THE BISHOP — (ii) RELATIONS WITH THE PARISH PRIEST — (iii) RELATIONS WITH MONK, KNIGHT AND FRIAR — 1. The Monastic Orders — 2. The Military Orders — 3. The Friars
31. 31.Notes — Chapter XIV
32. 32.CHAPTER XV DECLINE OF THE HOSPITALS
33. 33.CHAPTER XVI THE DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND ITS EFFECT UPON HOSPITALS
34. 34.Notes — Chapter XVI
35. 35.PART TWO NOTES ON HOSPITAL PATRON SAINTS — SAINTS OF FRANCE — SAINTS OF ENGLAND — Alternative Dedications, etc.
36. 36.Notes — Part II Hospital Patron Saints
37. 37.APPENDIX A OFFICE AT THE SECLUSION OF A LEPER
38. 38.APPENDIX B TABULATED LIST OF MEDIÆVAL HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND — EXPLANATION OF HEADINGS, REFERENCES, SIGNS, ETC. — I. BEDFORDSHIRE — II. BERKSHIRE — III. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE — IV. CAMBRIDGESHIRE — V. CHESHIRE — VI. CORNWALL 195 — VII. CUMBERLAND — VIII. DERBYSHIRE — IX. DEVONSHIRE 208 — X. DORSET — XI. DURHAM — XII. ESSEX — XIII. GLOUCESTERSHIRE — XIV. HAMPSHIRE — XV. HEREFORDSHIRE — XVI. HERTFORDSHIRE — XVII. HUNTINGDONSHIRE — XVIII. KENT — XIX. LANCASHIRE — XX. LEICESTERSHIRE — XXI. LINCOLNSHIRE — XXII. MIDDLESEX AND LONDON — XXIII. NORFOLK — XXIV. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE — XXV. NORTHUMBERLAND — XXVI. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE — XXVII. OXFORDSHIRE — XXVIII. RUTLAND — XXIX. SHROPSHIRE — XXX. SOMERSET — XXXI. STAFFORDSHIRE — XXXII. SUFFOLK — XXXIII. SURREY — XXXIV. SUSSEX — XXXV. WARWICKSHIRE — XXXVI. WESTMORLAND — XXXVII. WILTSHIRE — XXXVIII. WORCESTERSHIRE — XXXIX. YORKSHIRE — UNIDENTIFIED
39. 39.Notes — Appendices
40. 40.BIBLIOGRAPHY — MONOGRAPHS ON HOSPITALS — RECORDS, REGISTERS, ETC. — HISTORICAL MSS. COMMISSION — COMMISSION FOR ENQUIRING CONCERNING CHARITIES — TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETIES — ON LEPROSY
41. 41.GENERAL INDEX
42. 42.Untitled

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