The Pursuit of Stability
The Pursuit of Stability

Author: Ian W. Archer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780521522168

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A holistic approach to interpreting early modern London society.

Women and Ageing in British Society since 1500
Women and Ageing in British Society since 1500

Author: Lynn Botelho

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-30

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 131788115X

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Women have always made up the majority of older people: this examination of the lives of elderly women in Britain in the period 1500 to the present reveals attitudes towards the ageing process. It sheds light on household structures as well as wider issues - including the history of the family, the process of industrialisation, the poor law, and welfare provision - and questions many common beliefs about elderly women, particularly that female old age was a time of poverty and want. An important book for students of history and sociology alike.

Christ's Hospital of London, 1552-1598
Christ's Hospital of London, 1552-1598

Author: Carol Kazmierczak Manzione

Publisher: Susquehanna University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780945636717

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Christ's Hospital was not established as a foundling hospital but as an orphanage and school for "the fatherless children & other poor men's children that were not able to keep them..." It was not a warehouse for unwanted children, but a safe place where they received more than just physical care. The goal of Christ's Hospital was to return these children back to society as useful and productive members. It is a unique institution in that it also performed as an agent of general poor relief, giving money and pensions to elderly and sick adults, even if they were childless. It appears that Christ's, in concert with St.