List of Illustrations
Introduction
Part 1 – Threshold of Modernity (to 1540)
1. Organizing Mercy in Southern Europe
2. Urban Charity and Humanism
3. Blueprints for Relief to the Deserving
4. The Passion for Reformation
Part 2 – Discipline (1540 – 1700)
5. Charity in the Cauldron of Religious Conflict
6. Confronting Misery and War in France
7. The Paris Hôpital Général and its Offshoots
8. Elizabeth 43: The Making of the Old English Poor Law
9. Foundlings, Orphans, and Apprentices
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index