The Poor In The Middle Ages
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The Poor In The Middle Ages
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Author : Michel Mollat
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1986-01-01
The Poor In The Middle Ages written by Michel Mollat and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with History categories.
Surviving Poverty In Medieval Paris
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Author : Sharon A. Farmer
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2005
Surviving Poverty In Medieval Paris written by Sharon A. Farmer and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Farmer extends and deepens the understanding of urban poverty in the high middle ages. She explores the ways in which cultural elites thought about the poor and shows that their conceptions of poor men and women were derived from the roles assigned to men and women in the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis - men are associated with productive labour; of labour within the public realm, and women with reproductive labour; or labour within the private realm.
The Voice Of The Poor In The Middle Ages
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Author : Mark R. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-28
The Voice Of The Poor In The Middle Ages written by Mark R. Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-28 with History categories.
They are voices that have been silent for centuries: those of captives and refugees, widows and orphans, the blind and infirm, and the underclass of the "working poor." Now, for the first time, the voices of the poor in the Middle Ages come to life in this moving book by historian Mark Cohen. A companion to Cohen's other volume, Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt, the book presents more than ninety letters, alms lists, donor lists, and other related documents from the Geniza, a hidden chamber for discarded papers, situated inside a wall in a Cairo synagogue. Cohen has translated these documents, providing the historical context for each. In the past, most of what we knew of the poor in the Middle Ages came from records and observations compiled by their literate social superiors, from tax collectors to the inquisitor's clerk, from criminal judges to the benefactors of the helpless, from makers of Islamic waqf deeds to authors of Arabic chronicles, and in Judaism, from Rabbis who wrote responsa to compilers of Jewish-law codes. What distinguishes this book is that it contains the voices of the poor themselves, found in documents heretofore largely ignored. Because an ancient custom in Judaism prohibited the destruction of pages of sacred writing, the documents were preserved, largely unharmed, for as many as nine centuries. The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages provides access to the attitudes and philanthropic activities of the charitable, alongside the dramatic writings of the poor themselves, whether penned in their own hands or dictated to a scribe or family member. The book also allows a rare glimpse into the women of the Middle Ages, as well as into the world of private charity--an area long elusive to the medieval historian. For researchers and students alike, this book will be an invaluable social history source for years to come.
Poverty And Prosperity In The Middle Ages And The Renaissance
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Author : Cynthia Kosso
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2012
Poverty And Prosperity In The Middle Ages And The Renaissance written by Cynthia Kosso and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Charity categories.
The dichotomous topics, 'poverty and prosperity', 'rich and poor', continue to interest scholars, politicians, and philosophers while also appealing to a wide general audience, and are particularly of interest today. In this volume, the authors raise and try to answer questions about the ways in which individuals, families, ethnic and religious groups and nations 500, 1000, or even 1500, years ago approached the idea of economic status and personal worth. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume provides an analysis of poverty and prosperity from a multitude of perspectives and within a host of secular and religious literature: historical treatises, scholastic works, art, travellers' and political accounts. Through its breadth, depth, and interdisciplinary focus, the present volume makes a full contribution to the topic for anyone interested in how people in the past have experienced these states.
Medieval Poor Law
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Author : Brian Tierney
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-08-19
Medieval Poor Law written by Brian Tierney and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with Law categories.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.
Approaches To Poverty In Medieval Europe
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Author : Sharon A. Farmer
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2016
Approaches To Poverty In Medieval Europe written by Sharon A. Farmer and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Charities categories.
The essays in this volume re-examine two major medieval turning points in the relationship between rich and poor: the revolution in charity of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and the era of late medieval crises when the vulnerability of the poor increased dramatically and charitable generosity often declined. Drawing on a variety of sources from England, France, the Low Countries, Italy, and Iberia, the contributors to this volume add new perspectives on the agency of the poor, the influence of gendered forms of devotion, parallels in Christian and Jewish representations of the deserving and undeserving poor, and the effect of mendicant piety on the status of the involuntary poor. A broader implication of the volume as a whole is that medieval studies of poverty and wealth need to pay more attention to the role of rulers, ruling elites, and public policy in shaping the experiences of the poor.
Experiences Of Poverty In Late Medieval And Early Modern England And France
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Author : Dr Anne M Scott
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Experiences Of Poverty In Late Medieval And Early Modern England And France written by Dr Anne M Scott and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with History categories.
Exploring a range of poverty experiences-socioeconomic, moral and spiritual-this collection presents new research by a distinguished group of scholars working in the medieval and early modern periods. Collectively they explore both the assumptions and strategies of those in authority dealing with poverty and the ways in which the poor themselves tried to contribute to, exploit, avoid or challenge the systems for dealing with their situation. The studies demonstrate that poverty was by no means a simple phenomenon. It varied according to gender, age and geographical location; and the way it was depicted in speech, writing and visual images could as much affect how the poor experienced their poverty as how others saw and judged them. Using new sources-and adopting new approaches to known sources-the authors share insights into the management and the self-management of the poor, and search out aspects of the experience of poverty worthy of note, from which can be traced lasting influences on the continuing understanding and experience of poverty in pre-modern Europe.
Religious Poverty And The Profit Economy In Medieval Europe
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Author : Lester K. Little
language : en
Publisher: Elektrohas
Release Date : 1978
Religious Poverty And The Profit Economy In Medieval Europe written by Lester K. Little and has been published by Elektrohas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt
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Author : Mark R. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt written by Mark R. Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with History categories.
What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the first comprehensive book to study poverty in a premodern Jewish community--from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them. Mark Cohen mines the richest body of documents available on the matter: the papers of the Cairo Geniza. These documents, located in the Geniza, a hidden chamber for discarded papers situated in a medieval synagogue in Old Cairo, were preserved largely unharmed for more than nine centuries due to an ancient custom in Judaism that prohibited the destruction of pages of sacred writing. Based on these papers, the book provides abundant testimony about how one large and important medieval Jewish community dealt with the constant presence of poverty in its midst. Building on S. D. Goitein's Mediterranean Society and inspired also by research on poverty and charity in medieval and early modern Europe, it provides a clear window onto the daily lives of the poor. It also illuminates private charity, a subject that has long been elusive to the medieval historian. In addition, Cohen's work functions as a detailed case study of an important phenomenon in human history. Cohen concludes that the relatively narrow gap between the poor and rich, and the precariousness of wealth in general, combined to make charity "one of the major agglutinates of Jewish associational life" during the medieval period.
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt
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language : en
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Release Date : 2008
Poverty And Charity In The Jewish Community Of Medieval Egypt written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the first comprehensive book.
