Awards

• Winner of Ohio Academy of History Publication Award (United States).
• Winner of Ohio Academy of History Publication Award 2020 (United States)

Overview

In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, alongside an emerging culture of Christian charity, led to the establishment of hundreds of hospitals and leper houses. Focusing on the county of Champagne, he looks at the ways in which charitable organizations and individuals-townspeople, merchants, aristocrats, and ecclesiastics-saw in these new institutions a means of infusing charitable giving and service with new social significance and heightened expectations of spiritual rewards. In tracing the rise of the medieval hospital during a period of intense urbanization and the transition from a gift economy to a commercial one, Davis makes clear how embedded this charitable institution was in the wider social, cultural, religious, and economic fabric of medieval life.

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. This is a meticulously researched study of an important are of medieval life. Adam J. Davis,an expert historian of medieval religion, locates his work in the context of various scholarly debates and draws on an exhaustive range of English and French sources. The Medieval Economy of Salvation provides a scholarly insight into medieval hospitals and their relationships with the wider society. Davis teases out the twisted strands of complex realities with a marvellously expert hand. The reward for the reader is not just to understand more about the medieval mindset and hospitals, but to appreciate how much there is to know. -- Judith Godden, University of Sydney * Health and history *

Using an annaliste's all-encompassing approach, Adam Davis displays impressive command of the history-and historiography-of religion, economic change, and social relations in thirteenth-century France. The Medieval Economy of Salvation will be of great interest to historians of medieval Europe, and beyond. -- Miri Rubin, Queen Mary University of London, author of <I>The Middle Ages</I> The Medieval Economy of Salvation is an intelligent book. Adam J. Davis, with great erudition and talent, masterfully gives the social phenomenon of the Medieval hospital the attention it deserves. -- Francois Touati, University Francois-Rabelais of Tours, author of <I>Yves de Chartres (1040-1115)</I> The Medieval Economy of Salvation is excellent and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the religious and social concerns that gave rise to the 'hospital revolution' of the twelfth and thirteenth century. -- Sharon Farmer, UC Santa Barbara, author of <I>The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris</I>

A meticulously researched study of an important area of medieval life. Adam J. Davis, an expert historian of medieval religion, locates his work in the context of various scholarly debates and draws on an exhaustive range of English and French sources. The Medieval Economy of Salvation provides a scholarly insight into medieval hospitals and their relationships with the wider society. Davis teases out the twisted strands of complex realities with a marvelously expert hand. The reward for the reader is not just to understand more about the medieval mindset and hospitals, but to appreciate how much there is to know. * Health and History * The Medieval Economy of Salvation... is a pleasurable read suited to both the scholar and enthusiast alike. Adam J. Davis brings to light the importance of the medieval hospital and its link to social, religious and economic changes in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. * Social History of Medicine *

The Medieval Economy of Salvation is excellent and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the religious and social concerns that gave rise to the 'hospital revolution' of the twelfth and thirteenth century. -- Sharon Farmer, UC Santa Barbara, author of <I>The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris</I> The Medieval Economy of Salvation is an intelligent book. Adam J. Davis, with great erudition and talent, masterfully gives the social phenomenon of the Medieval hospital the attention it deserves. -- Francois Touati, University Francois-Rabelais of Tours, author of <I>Yves de Chartres (1040-1115)</I> Using an annaliste's all-encompassing approach, Adam Davis displays impressive command of the history-and historiography-of religion, economic change, and social relations in thirteenth-century France. The Medieval Economy of Salvation will be of great interest to historians of medieval Europe, and beyond. -- Miri Rubin, Queen Mary University of London, author of <I>The Middle Ages</I>

Author Information

Adam J. Davis is Professor of History and Director of the Lisska Center for Scholarly Engagement at Denison University. He is the author of The Holy Bureaucrat. Follow him on X @AdamJDavis2.

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