Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris: Gender, Ideology, and the Daily Lives of the Poor

by Sharon Farmer

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This book about poor men and women in thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century Paris reveals the other side of the "age of cathedrals" in the very place where gothic architecture and scholastic theology were born. In Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris, Sharon 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801438365

ISBN13:9780801438363

Release Date:December 2001

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Europe France Gender Studies History Humanities Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Public Affairs & Policy Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare Women's Studies

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