 | Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe Subjects: Charities -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages 600–1500; Church and state -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages 600–1500; Europe -- Church history -- 600–1500; Europe -- Religious life and customs; Challenges conventional views of medieval piety by demonstrating how the ideology of charity and its vision of the active life provided an important alternative to the ascetical, contemplative tradition emphasized by most historians |
