Tierney, Brian

Medieval Poor Law : a Sketch of Canonical Theory and Its Application in England

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, with a bit more wear and chipping to dust jacket. Book plate of former owner on pastedown, location and date on flyleaf. A few pages have pencil marginalia. x, 169 p. w/endnotes, abbreviations, index. A solid and useful study of poor relief in Medieval England, focusing on the Decretum of Gratian in 1140. Very good / good. Item #20153

Price: $75.00