Socio-Economic Inequalities during the Conjuncture of the Fourteenth Century
Sources and Methods, Dynamics and Representations (Italy and Europe, c. 1270 - c. 1350)
- Edited by:
- Davide Cristoferi,
This volume aims to bring together, discuss and further develop the findings and perspectives of two relevant debates in medieval and economic history – the fourteenth-century conjuncture and pre-industrial inequality – through nineteen original and state-of-the-art contributions in English and Italian by established scholars and promising young researchers.
Focusing on Central-Northern Italy and Western Europe between c. 1270 and c. 1350, the volume aims to understand why, how and to what extent medieval society was unequal in the seventy years before the Great Plague of 1347-52, presenting a wide range of sources and methods, exploring and discussing the causal mechanisms of socio-economic inequalities, and examining how these differences were perceived, represented and dealt with in the late Middle Ages, extending the investigation in some cases to the post-Black Death period.
- Keywords:
- Middle Ages,
- 13th-14th centuries,
- Western Europe,
- Central-Northern Italy,
- socio-economic inequalities,
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8
- Series: Reti Medievali E-Book
- Scientific Board
- Language: Inglese, italiano
- Subjects: Medieval History
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium - ORCID: 0000-0002-8387-8091
Davide Cristoferi
Socio-economic inequalities during the conjuncture of the fourteenth century: sources and methods, dynamics and representations (Italy and Europe, c. 1270 - c. 1350). An outline- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.1-40
I. Sources, proxies and methods
pp.43-69
Sam Geens
Financing a rebellious city. Social change, revolts, and inequality among the fiscal elite in fourteenth-century Bruges- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.71-96
Davide Cristoferi
Economic inequality in early fourteenth-century Siena and in its countryside: evidence from the Tavola delle Possessioni (1316-20)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.97-127
Laura Miquel Millian, Jordi Morelló Baget
Economic inequalities in an Iberian urban society: Tortosa before and after the Black Death- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.129-152
Paola Orecchioni
Diseguaglianze sociali e indicatori archeologici: quali fonti per la lettura del Trecento?- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.153-175
Luis Almenar Fernández
Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.177-199
II. Contexts, dynamics and causalities
Laurent Feller
Disuguaglianza, impoverimento e pauperismo nell'Occidente latino (XI-XIV secolo)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.203-222
Mathijs Speecke, Thijs Lambrecht
Social Inequalities and the Great Famine in the County of Flanders (1315-7)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.223-247
Luciano Palermo
Carestie e disuguaglianze. Roma nella crisi economica basso medievale- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.249-266
Alexis Wilkin
Inequalities in access to the food market: the city as a producer of norms in the fourteenth century (Low Countries)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.267-287
Alma Poloni
Mobilità sociale, ricambio politico e disuguaglianza economica a Firenze nei primi decenni del Trecento. Qualche spunto di riflessione- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.289-313
Antoni Furió
Economic inequalities and transformations of the rural world in the Iberian Peninsula before and after the Black Death- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.315-338
Massimo Montanari
Crisi demografica e rapporti di lavoro: la modificazione dei contratti agrari e della vita contadina nella Romagna del XIV-XV secolo- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.339-348
III. Perceptions, representations and responses
Giacomo Todeschini
Linguaggi teologico-politici della diseguaglianza e rivoluzione economica (1270-1350)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.351-365
Roberta Mucciarelli
Contro “li malvagi uomini e’ quai erano richi e […] volevano afamare la città”. I comportamenti iniqui e asociali dei magnati nello specchio del lessico politico e della reputazione pubblica (fine Duecento-prime decadi del Trecento)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.367-384
Maria Grazia Nico Ottaviani
Abiti e ornamenti come segni di distinzione/diseguaglianza sociale nella legislazione suntuaria cittadina del Medioevo- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.385-404
Gabriella Piccinni
Stratificazioni sociali, percezione della bellezza urbana e costruzione del consenso (città italiane, XIII-XIV secolo)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.405-425
Paolo Nanni
Gli ospedali e l’assistenza come risposta alle diseguaglianze economiche. Un osservatorio dalla Toscana medievale.- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.427-443
- Publication Year: 2025
- Pages: 458
- eISBN: 979-12-215-0705-8
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2025 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2025
- Pages: 458
- ISBN: 979-12-215-0699-0
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
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Book Title
Socio-Economic Inequalities during the Conjuncture of the Fourteenth Century
Book Subtitle
Sources and Methods, Dynamics and Representations (Italy and Europe, c. 1270 - c. 1350)
Editors
Davide Cristoferi
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Number of Pages
458
Publication Year
2025
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