This study examines the poor relief at Finnish land parishes during the period from 1571 to 1686. During this era, Finland was part of Sweden, and in politics Sweden was an emerging Great Power. In the 16th century, the Reformation was introduced in Sweden and the ecclesiastical circumstances were changing. In the 17th century, the Lutheran changes became more pronounced, and some modifications regarding poor relief were implemented, as in all Protestant countries. The principles of Swedish administration were renewed in the first decades of the 17th century, leading to several social, economic and political changes that increased poverty and decreased social care. This necessitated finding more effective ways to take care of the poor. ...
The Ideal of Volunteerism. An institutional approach to social welfare work in the parishes of the D...
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The poor relief has been, since the early Middle Ages, the church´s responsibility. The poor would ...
This dissertation and the four separate articles contained therein examine Finnish pastors as builde...
The international aid that the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland received between 1945 and 1948...
The aim of this thesis is to shed light upon the Swedish nineteenth century poor relief system, how ...
This dissertation examines the effects of war on civilians in an early modern local community, durin...
The parishes in the Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran church in Finland work today among many overlapping...
This study focuses on the poor relief in Norra Råda parish in central Sweden, between the years of 1...
The main purpose of this study was to provide a full account of the Christian social work carried ou...
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Jukka Yrjölä: A bridge of faith across the Gulf of Finland: Ecclesiastical connections between Finns...
The aim of this study is to learn about the nineteenth century poor relief system, how itoperated in...
The Ideal of Volunteerism. An institutional approach to social welfare work in the parishes of the D...
Material and immaterial security. Households, ecological and economic resources and formation of con...
The Population Register – run by the Church or the state? The problem posed by the obligation to bel...
The poor relief has been, since the early Middle Ages, the church´s responsibility. The poor would ...
This dissertation and the four separate articles contained therein examine Finnish pastors as builde...
The international aid that the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland received between 1945 and 1948...
The aim of this thesis is to shed light upon the Swedish nineteenth century poor relief system, how ...
This dissertation examines the effects of war on civilians in an early modern local community, durin...
The parishes in the Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran church in Finland work today among many overlapping...
This study focuses on the poor relief in Norra Råda parish in central Sweden, between the years of 1...
The main purpose of this study was to provide a full account of the Christian social work carried ou...
The Birth of the Minority State Church Development of the legal relationship between the state of Fi...
This study examines the policy of Kokoomus, the Finnish National Coalition Party, towards religious ...
Jukka Yrjölä: A bridge of faith across the Gulf of Finland: Ecclesiastical connections between Finns...
The aim of this study is to learn about the nineteenth century poor relief system, how itoperated in...
The Ideal of Volunteerism. An institutional approach to social welfare work in the parishes of the D...
Material and immaterial security. Households, ecological and economic resources and formation of con...
The Population Register – run by the Church or the state? The problem posed by the obligation to bel...