{"id":5439,"date":"2025-04-28T13:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/evenementen\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:27:09","slug":"the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/events\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\/","title":{"rendered":"The medieval tables of the poor: food distribution from a religious motive"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Intertwining the social and religious aspects of the tables of the poor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A table of the poor, or a of the Holy Ghost, was a parochial institution in the Middle Ages that provided food parcels for the poor of the parish.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bread, eggs, fish and butter, among others, were regularly distributed among the needy. In addition, clothes, shoes and fuel in winter were also provided by these institutions. In the lack of an official safety net, these in-kind distributions were a necessary supplement to income.<\/p>\n

Funds for these distributions were provided by the wealthy residents of the parish. For them, this was primarily a religiously inspired act. In this lecture, we unravel the intertwining social and religious aspects of these medieval food distributions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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An exhibition by the Ruusbroec Institute on food as story, care, covenant and celebration<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The exhibition draws from the Ruusbroec Institute’s rich collection and highlights different functions of food in the Middle Ages: Food as story, care, covenant and celebration.<\/p>\n

After the lecture, you can visit the exhibition in the Ruusbroec Society’s library. Please note: the number of places for the visit is limited.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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!! The places for the visit to the expo right after the lecture are now full. However, you can still join the waiting list or visit the exhibition at another time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Hannelore Franck<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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She is a historian with a passion for the Middle Ages, lay religion, charity and cities. In her doctoral thesis at KU Leuven, she studied the correlation between commemorative care and poor relief and its evolution, examining how the two practices converged in the organisation of the tables of the Holy Spirit in late medieval Bruges.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07:30 pm
    Welcome by Erik De Bom, acting director at UCSIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    Lecture \u201cThe medieval tables of the poor: food distribution from a religious motive\u201d by Hannelore Franck<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    In the Middle Ages, the tables of the poor were institutions for the care of the poor, but they also fulfilled other functions, such as in the celebration of memorials. Dr Hannelore Franck will shed light on these exciting connections in her lecture.<\/p>\n

    Following her talk, there will be an opportunity to visit the Ruusbroec Institute’s exhibition Divine Dishes<\/i>.<\/p>\n

    This event will be in Dutch. UCSIA is hosting this evening in collaboration with the Ruusbroec Institute on the occasion of their 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5442,"template":"","topic":[31,32],"class_list":["post-5439","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-religion-and-society","topic-europe-and-solidarity"],"yoast_head":"\nThe medieval tables of the poor: food distribution from a religious motive - UCSIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr Hannelore Franck talks about the tables of the poor, a medieval institution for caring for the poor and so much more, such as the memorial celebrations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/events\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The medieval tables of the poor: food distribution from a religious motive - UCSIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr Hannelore Franck talks about the tables of the poor, a medieval institution for caring for the poor and so much more, such as the memorial celebrations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/events\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCSIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-17T11:27:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/webheader-2-armentafels-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/\",\"name\":\"The medieval tables of the poor: food distribution from a religious motive - UCSIA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/webheader-2-armentafels-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-28T11:56:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-17T11:27:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Dr Hannelore Franck talks about the tables of the poor, a medieval institution for caring for the poor and so much more, such as the memorial celebrations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/en\\\/events\\\/the-medieval-tables-of-the-poor-food-distribution-from-a-religious-motive\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/webheader-2-armentafels-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucsia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/webheader-2-armentafels-2.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Het mirakel van de vijf broden en twee vissen. 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