{"product_id":"the-medieval-economy-of-salvation-adam-j-davis-9781501742101","title":"The Medieval Economy of Salvation: Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Economy of Salvation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses.\u003c\/b\u003e Focusing on the county of Champagne, he looks at the ways in which charitable organizations and individuals--townspeople, merchants, aristocrats, and ecclesiastics--saw in these new institutions a means of infusing charitable giving and service with new social significance and heightened expectations of spiritual rewards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn tracing the rise of the medieval hospital during a period of intense urbanization and the transition from a gift economy to a commercial one, Davis makes clear how embedded this charitable institution was in the wider social, cultural, religious, and economic fabric of medieval life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501742108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501742101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 7.36w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020","brand":"Adam J. Davis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985273815295,"sku":"9781501742101","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59ce901e-2f69-4647-9295-ca976948c1cd.jpg?v=1683276587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medieval-economy-of-salvation-adam-j-davis-9781501742101","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}