Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe.
- Author / Editor
- Farmer, Sharon, ed.
Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe.
- Published
- Turnhout: Brepols, 2016.
- Physical Description
- viii, 252 pp.
- Description
- Examines 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 and charitable generosity often declined. For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe under Alternative Title.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism