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In the early Medieval period, hospitals, poor houses, hostels, and orphanages began to spread from the Middle East, each with the intention of helping those most in need. [24] Charity, the driving principle behind these healing centers, encouraged the early Christians to care for others.
The Great Hospital is a medieval hospital that has been serving the people of Norwich in Norfolk, UK, since the 13th century. It is situated on a 7-acre (2.8 ha) site in a bend of the River Wensum to the north-east of Norwich Cathedral. Founded in 1249 by Bishop Walter de Suffield, the hospital was originally known as Giles's Hospital. What ...
The hospital is situated on the King's-bridge, next to the Franciscan Gardens Greyfriars, near the Westgate, in Canterbury.It was founded after the brutal murder of Saint Thomas Becket in 1170, possibly as early as 1176, when Canterbury Cathedral became a site of pilgrimage; the hospital provided accommodation for poor pilgrims.
After the number of people afflicted with leprosy declined during the 13th and 14th centuries, St Giles' was converted to a hospital for the poor, aged and infirm. In 1401, the hospital became a free chapel, no longer under the jurisdiction of the parish priest. In 1481, the management of the hospital was transferred to Beeleigh Abbey in Maldon ...
Worship in medieval hospitals served as a way of alleviating ailments of the sick and insuring their salvation when relief from sickness could not be achieved. [91] [92] Ruins of St. Giles Hospital (Great Hospital) Ruins of St Leonard's Hospital. The secondary function of medieval hospitals was charity to the poor, sick, and travellers. [93]
Browne's Hospital Chapel. The Hospital, Bedehouse or Domus Dei was established in 1475 during reign of Edward IV as a home and a house of prayer for ten poor men and two poor women, with a Warden and Confrater, both of whom were to be secular priests.
The Hospital of St Nicholas was one of two medieval hospitals in or near the town, the other being the Hospital of St Lawrence (or St Lawrence and St James) on Welsh Row, which fell within the parish of Acton. Founded as a house for lepers, the Hospital of St Lawrence became a hospital for the infirm poor in around 1348. [4] [5]
An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) [1] [2] is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and at elderly people who could no longer pay ...