The fundamental inequality in Western societies is rooted in the position of those who are exposed to the risks inherent in economic life, even in a context of global growth. These risks create permanent insecurity, while impoverishment is a constant threat to those who depend solely on their work for their livelihood. Price instability, combined with inadequate wages, creates a mass of poor workers who depend for their survival on both public or private charity and, more rarely, on the solidarity of the social body. This essay examines the social consequences of the situations of insecurity characteristic of medieval societies.
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Titolo del capitolo
Disuguaglianza, impoverimento e pauperismo nell'Occidente latino (XI-XIV secolo)
Autori
Laurent Feller
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8.11
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Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Socio-Economic Inequalities during the Conjuncture of the Fourteenth Century
Sottotitolo del libro
Sources and Methods, Dynamics and Representations (Italy and Europe, c. 1270 - c. 1350)
Curatori
Davide Cristoferi
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Numero di pagine
458
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0699-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0705-8
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979-12-215-0707-2
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
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2704-6079