Download or read book Philanthropy in England written by W. K. Jordan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these works Professor Jordan studies the origins of modern social and cultural institutions in England. He is concerned with the momentous shift which occurred in men's aspirations for their society in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as reflected in the charities which were established by gifts and bequests. In a fascinating account of the measures taken by the Tudors and Stuarts to deal with the problem of poverty, Jordan concludes that it was principally dealt relieved by an immense outpouring of charitable wealth.