From Caritas to Charity: How Loving God Became Giving Alms
Eliza Buhrer
In this interdisciplinary and cross-cultural volume edited by Dr. Cynthia Kosso Anne Scott, medieval Early Modern historians literary scholars unearth, define, re-define the nature of poverty prosperity. Through exploration texts, religious spiritual behavior, statistics, class gender issues, philosophical concepts, figurative language, authors investigate wealth in Middle Ages era. As introduction to states, “It stands reason that multitude ways which we represent have discussed or its absence; myriad conditions make us either rich poor, prosperous impoverished; maintained better condition ameliorated worse captured our imaginations intellect, as they continue do today.” These essays provide a nuanced examination conceptualization material representation two terms help define shape very existence today. Drs. Scott are editors Fear Representations Renaissance (2002) The Nature Function Water, Baths, Bathing, Hygiene from Antiquity through (2009).
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