Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe: Complexities, Contradictions, Transformations, C. 1100-1500

by Alyssa M. Gray and Sharon Farmer

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503555470
• ISBN13: 9782503555478
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"