James W. Brodman
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Also affiliated: University of Toronto (1987); Conway School of Landscape Design (1999)
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James W. Brodman's scholarly work focuses on the historical analysis of social welfare institutions and practices, particularly within the context of Western Europe. His research examines the evolution of concepts such as charity and solidarity, tracing their manifestation in institutions like hospitals from late antiquity through the medieval period. Brodman's publications engage with the intersection of welfare, law, and Christian traditions, exploring how these elements shaped the development and function of charitable organizations. He has contributed to the scholarly discourse on the historical underpinnings of social support systems and their impact on society.
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- h-index: 9
- Publications: 43
- Citations: 438
Selected Publications
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Charity After Augustine: Solidarity, Conflict, and the Practices of Charity in the Latin West. By Jonathan D. Teubner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025. xvi + 240 pp. $110 cloth. (2025)
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On Hospitals: Welfare, Law, & Christianity in Western Europe, 400–1320. By Sethina Watson. Oxford Studies in Medieval European History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. xvii + 376 pp. $105.00 cloth; $105.00 digital. (2022)
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Captives or Prisoners: Society and Obligation in Medieval Iberia [Cautivos o prisioneros: sociedad y obligación en la Iberia medieval] (2015)
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Captives or prisoners: society and obligation in Medieval Iberia (2011)
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Crisis in Charity: Centrifugal and Centripetal Influences Upon Medieval Caritative Orders (2011)
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Hospitals in the Middle Ages (2009)
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<i>Los adelantados mayores de La Frontera o Andalucía (Siglos XIII-XIV)</i>. Braulio Vázquez Campos (2007)
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Community, Identity and the Redemption of Captives: Comparative perspectives across the Mediterranean (2006)
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Piers D. Mitchell. Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds and the Medieval Surgeon. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004. ix, 293 pp., illus. $75. (2005)
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<i>La Orden de Santiago en el siglo XV: La provincia de Castilla.</i>Pedro Andrés Porras Arboledas , Miguel-Angel Ladero Quesada (1999)
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Fable and royal power: The origins of the Mercedarian foundation story (1999)
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Joseph F. O'Callaghan. <i>The Learned King: The Reign of Alfonso X of Castile</i>. (Middle Ages Series.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1993. Pp. xi, 388. $49.95 (1995)
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The Origins of Hospit Allerism in Medieval Catalonia (1995)
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<i>Iglesia y Génesis del Estado Moderno en Castilla (1369-1480).</i>José Manuel Nieto Soria (1995)
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<scp>Paul Freedman</scp>. <i>The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia</i>. (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1991. Pp. xvii, 263. $49.50 (1992)
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