Concepts of Charity:

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" Concepts of Charity: "
Tomáš Malý

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1066139
Doc. No	:	LA109768
Call No	:	‭10.1163/24685968-00102005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Tomáš Malý
Title & Author	:	Concepts of Charity: [Article] : The Habsburg Empire and the South Moravian Example, 1750–1800\ Tomáš Malý
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Endowment Studies
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/2
Page No	:	198–222
Abstract	:	The article deals with the concept of charity (almsgiving, philanthropy) in the context of the changing religious and social situation in the Habsburg Empire between 1750 and 1800. The intellectual discussions, the administrative reforms and the testamentary practices of charity (charitable bequests) are followed in order to delineate the relationship between discourse and social practice. Although paradoxes can be observed, there was a clear common point for all three areas: the differentiation of the poor according to a new definition of “needs” and a tendency towards “practical” (and obligatory) charity. This shift from the post-Tridentine Catholic concept was accompanied – mainly in towns – by a significant transformation of the social space and structure. The article deals with the concept of charity (almsgiving, philanthropy) in the context of the changing religious and social situation in the Habsburg Empire between 1750 and 1800. The intellectual discussions, the administrative reforms and the testamentary practices of charity (charitable bequests) are followed in order to delineate the relationship between discourse and social practice. Although paradoxes can be observed, there was a clear common point for all three areas: the differentiation of the poor according to a new definition of “needs” and a tendency towards “practical” (and obligatory) charity. This shift from the post-Tridentine Catholic concept was accompanied – mainly in towns – by a significant transformation of the social space and structure.
Descriptor	:	18th century
Descriptor	:	Brno
Descriptor	:	charitable bequests
Descriptor	:	charity
Descriptor	:	Habsburg Empire
Descriptor	:	History Culture
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	organization of social care
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/24685968-00102005‬