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A ground breaking study, On Hospitals explores welfare institutions in western law in the middle ages and establishes a legal model for the hospital. Running against orthodox opinion, Watson places welfare institutions, rather than Church-run organisations, at the heart of the medieval hospital's history.
Review Quotes: "The scholarship is impressive, the arguments complex, and only those with an interest in medieval law will appreciate this book." -- R.T. Ingoglia, St. Thomas Aquinas College, CHOICE
"This is an impressive book, successfully challenging many long-held assumptions about the history ofmedievalwelfare institutions. Watson's results differ fromthose of previous scholars, simply because she is a better historian." -- Anders Winroth, Speculum