Enzyklopädie des Stiftungswesens in mittelalterlichen Gesellschaften hrsg. von Michael Borgolte ; Band 1: Grundlagen The Encyclopedia examines the role of foundations in Latin and Greek Christianity in Judaism in Islam and in the multi religious world of India from about 500 1500 A.D. through systematic comparative articles with intercultural summaries. The first volume describes the fundamental principles terminology research approaches of participating disciplines and the types of sources used