[AAC] The Other Part of the Town. Poor and Marginal Population Groups in Medieval Cities – Aix-la-Chapelle – 4-5 septembre 2025 – DL 15 mars
With the urbanization in the 11th and 12th centuries, a new, highly differentiated urban society emerged. For a long time, urban history focused on the upper and middle social classes, such as merchants and craftsmen. Due to the challenging source material, the poorer inhabitants of medieval towns received little attention in medieval studies for a long time. When they did, it was mostly in the context of social policies. Socio-historical studies centered on the organization of urban welfare, charity or disciplining mechanisms concerning foreign and deviant people. This is due to the fact that until the early modern period, normative, administrative and private sources were predominantly produced from the socio-economically leading, literate population groups in the cities. This also means that the male perspective on socially and economically disadvantaged people was predominantly analysed.
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Laurent Gallet (31 janvier 2025). [AAC] The Other Part of the Town. Poor and Marginal Population Groups in Medieval Cities – Aix-la-Chapelle – 4-5 septembre 2025 – DL 15 mars. Les moissons d'hypothèses. Consulté le 22 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/137r2