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Book Synopsis
Widely regarded as one of the classics of post-war historical writing, this book shows how central the role of poverty has been throughout the history of Europe.

  • A history of poverty in Europe covering over 1000 years.
  • Translated into Italian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
  • High profile author - a leading member of solidarity and professor at the College de France.


Trade Review
"A wise, distinguished medieval historian, veteran of Poland's own battles with poverty, here extends himself over a millennium and a continent to illuminate the constantly-changing social conditions, definitions, explanations, political measures, and charitable actions by which Europeans have generated, mitigated, and stigmatized material hardship." Charles Tilly

"A serious, meticulously researched history, Geremek's is a fine account of a fascinating and perennially topical subject." Literary Review



Table of Contents
Foreword.

Introduction: What is Poverty?.

1. The Middle Ages: Charity and Salvation.

2. The Disintegration of Medieval Society.

3. Reformation and Repression: the 1520s.

4. The Reform of Charity.

5. Charitable Polemics: Local Politics and Reasons of State.

6. Prisons of Enlightenment.

7. Poverty and the Contemporary World.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Poverty

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 15 February 1997
      ISBN-13 9780631205296
      978-0631205296
      ISBN-10 0631205292
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      Poverty and precarity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Widely regarded as one of the classics of post-war historical writing, this book shows how central the role of poverty has been throughout the history of Europe.

      • A history of poverty in Europe covering over 1000 years.
      • Translated into Italian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
      • High profile author - a leading member of solidarity and professor at the College de France.


      Trade Review
      "A wise, distinguished medieval historian, veteran of Poland's own battles with poverty, here extends himself over a millennium and a continent to illuminate the constantly-changing social conditions, definitions, explanations, political measures, and charitable actions by which Europeans have generated, mitigated, and stigmatized material hardship." Charles Tilly

      "A serious, meticulously researched history, Geremek's is a fine account of a fascinating and perennially topical subject." Literary Review



      Table of Contents
      Foreword.

      Introduction: What is Poverty?.

      1. The Middle Ages: Charity and Salvation.

      2. The Disintegration of Medieval Society.

      3. Reformation and Repression: the 1520s.

      4. The Reform of Charity.

      5. Charitable Polemics: Local Politics and Reasons of State.

      6. Prisons of Enlightenment.

      7. Poverty and the Contemporary World.

      Notes.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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