The Poor in the Middle Ages
Author: Michel Mollat
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780300027891
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Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris
Author: Sharon A. Farmer
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780801472695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFarmer 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.
Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe
Author: Sharon A. Farmer
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9782503555478
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe
Author: Lester K. Little
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780801492471
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In this stimulating and important book Lester Little advances the original thesis that, paradoxically, it was the leading practitioners of voluntary poverty, Franciscan and Dominican friars, who finally formulated a Christian ethic which justified the activities of merchants, moneylenders, and other urban professionals, and created a Christian spirituality suitable for townsmen. Little has synthesized a vast body of specialized literature in Italian, German, French, and English to write an interpretive essay which provides a new perspective on the interaction between economic and social forces and the religious movements advocating the apostolic ideal of voluntary poverty...Little's book is a major contribution, not only to the history of the religious movement of voluntary poverty, but also to the interdisciplinary study of the middle ages." --Journal of Social History
A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader of Brigstock, C. 1295-1344
Author: Judith Bennett
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history of medieval village life is told through the experiences of Cecilia Penifader, a peasant woman who lived on one English manor in the early fourteenth century. This truly unique book offers a wealth of insight into medieval peasant society, bringing many of the characteristics of a time and a people to life. Short and readable, it is an ideal text for undergraduate teaching, suitable for courses in Western civilization, medieval history, women's history, and English history.
Those Terrible Middle Ages
Author: Régine Pernoud
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780898707816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs she examines the many misconceptions about the "Middle Ages", the renown French historian, Regine Pernoud, gives the reader a refreshingly original perspective on many subjects, both historical (from the Inquisition and witchcraft trials to a comparison of Gothic and Renaissance creative inspiration) as well as eminently modern (from law and the place of women in society to the importance of history and tradition). Here are fascinating insights, based on Pernoud's sound knowledge and extensive experience as an archivist at the French National Archives. The book will be provocative for the general readers as well as a helpful resource for teachers. Scorned for centuries, although lauded by the Romantics, these thousand years of history have most often been concealed behind the dark clouds of ignorance: Why, didn't godiche (clumsy, oafish) come from gothique (Gothic)? Doesn't "fuedal" refer to the most hopeless obscurantism? Isn't "Medieval" applied to dust-covered, outmoded things? Here the old varnish is stripped away and a thousand years of history finally emerge -- the "Middle Ages" are dead, long live the Middle Ages!
Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Author: John Gillingham
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 2000-08-10
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 019285402X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. Out of the turbulence came stronger senses of identity in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Yet this was an age, too, of growing definition of Englishness and of a distinctive English cultural tradition. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Women and the Medieval Epic
Author: S. Poor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1137066377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays explore the place, function and meaning of women as characters, authors, constructs and symbols in Medieval epics from Persia, Spain, France, England, Germany and Scandinavia. Usually believed to narrate the deeds of men at war, this book looks at the key roles often played by women and the impact of this on the history of gender.
American Economic Association
Author: Emily Greene Balch
Publisher:
Published: 1893
Total Pages: 186
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperiences of Poverty in Late Medieval and Early Modern England and France
Author: Anne M. Scott
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1409441083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring 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. 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.
