Christian monasticism & the transformation of health care in late antiquity /
First Statement of Responsibility
Andrew T. Crislip
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ann Arbor :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Michigan Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 235 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-221) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Ch. 1. The monastic health care system : institutions and methods -- Ch. 2. Monastic health care in a functional context : the monastery as a surrogate family -- Ch. 3. The social world of monastic sickness and health -- Ch. 4. Monasticism and the birth of the hospital
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medical care-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History-- To 1500
Monasticism and religious orders-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600