Accogliere, assistere e curare nella Calabria medievale. L’Annunziata di Cosenza nella seconda metà del XV secolo
Welcoming, assisting and caring in medieval Calabria. The Annunziata of Cosenza in the second half of the 15th century
Abstract
Through this work we intend to deepen the form and organization of the welfare activities of medieval Calabria, with particular reference to the reasons that led to their proliferation to solve the hardships of the local population. It is the foundation of the Annunziata hospital in Cosenza (1481) that reveals the characteristic features of the Calabrian welfare state in the Middle Ages, capable of building and developing a complex system of exchanges and services between the various institutions of the territory and the different sectors of the population, protecting the various humanity that lived, stayed or transited in the cities and on the streets of the region.
Il presente lavoro intende approfondire forma e organizzazione delle attività assistenziali della Calabria medievale, con particolare riferimento alle motivazioni che ne hanno determinato il proliferare, per risolvere i disagi della popolazione locale. È la fondazione dell’ospedale dell’Annunziata di Cosenza (1481) a rivelare i tratti caratteristici del welfare state calabrese nel Medioevo, capace di costruire e sviluppare un complesso sistema di scambi e servizi tra le varie istituzioni del territorio e i diversi settori della popolazione che viveva, soggiornava o transitava nella regione.
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