Charity and Community in Montpellier, 13th-16th Centuries

This book tells the story of the 'Charity' of Montpellier, a city-wide distribution of alms held once a year from the 13th to the 16th century. Such Charities were very common in the towns and cities of Southern France in the Middle Ages but have never been the focus of an in-depth study.Through the investigation of the emergence, history, and disappearance of the Montpellier Charity, the book arg...