Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 Children 1-2 Timothy

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Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 Children 1-2 TimothyThis book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation. John McCallum challenges the assumption that charitable activity was weak and informal in Scotland by uncovering the surviving records of welfare work carried out by the church. And he skilfully demonstrates