‘Our Gracious Benefactors’: The Charitable Activities of the Vilnius Cathedral Chapter in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
‘Our Gracious Benefactors’: The Charitable Activities of the Vilnius Cathedral Chapter in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
Author(s): Martynas JakulisSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: charity; poor relief; cathedral chapter; Vilnius; hospitals; 16th‒18th centuries;
Summary/Abstract: Using the acts of the cathedral chapter and annual income-expenditure registers, this article focuses on the charitable activities of the Vilnius Cathedral Chapter in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The first section of the article is concerned with the chapter’s support for charitable institutions (hospitals, a dowry fund, a home for aged and infirm priests) under its patronage. The second section focuses on the patterns of occasional almsgiving.
Journal: Istorija. Lietuvos aukštųjų mokyklų mokslo darbai
- Issue Year: 108/2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 22-39
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
