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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Perhaps in Michel Mollat, The Poor in the Middle Ages: An Essay in Social History, Yale U.P., 1978, who argues that decreased tolerance and increased regulation was the usual civic response to public poverty in the later M.A. (Here in Melbourne street people are being offered paid accommodation during the Commonwealth Games next month; they will be put back on the streets when the tourists are gone. It's an image thing.) ========== Paul Chandler, O.Carm. | Carmelite Library 214 Richardson Street | Middle Park Vic 3206 | Australia tel:: (03) 9682 8553 | fax: (03) 9699 1944 | email: [log in to unmask] Diana Wright wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I have a faint memory of reading that there was an effort by towns to > control beggars, & that you had to be registered in a town to beg in > it. When or where this was, I have no idea, but it sounds > reasonable. Certainly, in late antiquity there were registration > systems for the corn dole & for church charity. I have also read that > Augustinian houses were usually located by city gates whenever > possible as they ministered to beggars. > > If anyone knows where I read these fragments, or can correct me, > please do. > > DW > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html