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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

THIRD PERIOD (1270–1470)

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

CHAPTER III HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE

CHAPTER IV THE LAZAR-HOUSE

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

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

CHAPTER VII HOSPITAL INMATES

(i) PERSONS MIRACULOUSLY CURED

(ii) CROWN PENSIONERS

(iii) INMATES OF SOME LAZAR-HOUSES

(iv) SOLITARY OUTCASTS

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

CHAPTER IX THE CONSTITUTION

1. NOMINATION AND ADMISSION

2. REGULATIONS

3. PENALTIES

CHAPTER X THE HOUSEHOLD AND ITS MEMBERS

(i) THE LEPER HOUSEHOLD

(ii) THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE INFIRMARY AND ALMSHOUSE

CHAPTER XI THE CARE OF THE SOUL

1. THE SERVICES

2. THE CHAPEL

CHAPTER XII THE CARE OF THE BODY

1. FOOD

2. FIRING AND LIGHTS

3. BEDDING

4. TOILET

5. CLOTHING

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

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

CHAPTER XV DECLINE OF THE HOSPITALS

CHAPTER XVI THE DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND ITS EFFECT UPON HOSPITALS

PART TWO NOTES ONHOSPITAL PATRON SAINTS

SAINTS OF FRANCE

SAINTS OF ENGLAND

APPENDIX A OFFICE AT THE SECLUSION OF A LEPER

APPENDIX B TABULATED LIST OF MEDIÆVAL HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND