.... The establishment of an organized system of almsgiving formally centered in the parish and its officers shifted the understanding of charity from a voluntary and interpersonal act to a more bureaucratic process. Focusing on the diverging accounts of charity by John Downham and William Gouge, this essay demonstrates...

... how the elusive Edgar serves as an embodied exploration of problems of poverty and almsgiving, of the moral status of playacting, and, most profoundly, of the complex nature of Christian charity and compassion. In the space Edgar opens between coerced care and complicit compassion, between...

... stable must recognize the centrality of the poor, and they must bind themselves to the hungry, naked, and thirsty members of their community through vigilant acts of almsgiving. 306  Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies / 37.2 / 2007 It is significant, however, that this forceful...

...: “In Palestine, Tobit could observe cultic laws: in the exile he cannot bring sacrifices and the center of gravity of his obedience of the Law is removed to almsgiving and the work of charity.”45 Tylus / Geographies of Charity  355 In this context...

..., horses” and that they are under the eloquent, fearsome judgement of James 5:1–6 (2.92). Now Coppe finds his own love and almsgiving under this judgment. But not surprisingly, he still hears the voice of practical reason reminding him of Christian duties to his family and his own survival. He rides...

... and abbots from several neighboring Benedictine monasteries, including Sherborne and New Minster, Winchester, agreed to adopt a brief set of reciprocal regulations concerning the rituals, prayers, and almsgiving that should be performed following the death of a brother. Two manuscripts — Paris...

..., such as pilgrimages, almsgiving, hearing the word of God, and the like.13 Albert develops the exemplum of a mother who wants to encourage her children to walk (this being good for a child) and thus promises an apple at the end of the expedition—which afterwards is not given. But this comparison with a “children’s...

... explicitly involved purgatory, the saints, and the sacraments of baptism, confession, and last rites, variously but consistently foregrounded a logic of shared speech. For those in purgatory, the living would intercede on behalf of the dead through forms such as prayers, almsgiving...