This book discusses the 'marginal' people of late medieval Paris, the large and shifting group of men and women who existed on the margins of conventional organized society. Professor Geremek examines the various groups which made up the marginal world - beggars, prostitutes, procuresses and pimps, petty criminals, casual workers and the unemployed - their haunts in and around Paris, their way of life, and their relation to 'normal' society. Professor Geremek has made with this book a major contribution to the study of late medieval society which illuminates the little-known area of the medieval underworld in a fascinating and very accessible manner. Translated by Jean Birrell from the French edition of 1976, this edition includes a new introduction by Jean-Claude Schmitt, which offers a frank appraisal of the author's life and career to date.

The Margins of Society in Late Medieval Paris (Past and Present Publications)

History

Geremek, Bronisław

Europe

Cambridge University Press

A study of why those in authority in church and state have, over the centuries, expressed mixed feelings about the poor, have oscillated between pity and fear, compassion and revulsion and the changing nature of the poor themselves. The volume shows how central the role of poverty has been throughout the history of Europe. Written in Polish in 1968, but not then published, this is a translation of the Italian edition of 1986 (Rome: Giuseppe Laterza &amp; Figli Spa). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Poverty: A History

World

Blackwell Pub.

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

Wiley/Blackwell

Bronislaw Geremek is one of the foremost social historians in Europe today. In this important and wide-ranging book, he explores the emergence of the idea of Europe and its transformation over time. 
 Geremek shows how, in the Middle Ages, the term 'Europe' first came to be used to indicate a geographical place. It was only towards the end of this period that the concept of a cultural and historical entity called 'Europe' began to take shape, and the term was used more and more widely in historical and philosophical works. He argues that 'Europe' was now no longer synonymous with the word 'Christianity': it had become something more specific. Geremek claims that, in western Europe today, the sense of belonging to European civilization is felt less strongly than in the countries of central Europe. He suggests that it is in everyone's interests to understand Europe in a wider sense, not just as a geographical concept, but as a political and cultural one too. He discusses unity, variety and collective identity in medieval Europe, social and economic structures in East and West, and the continuity and change in European identity in the intervening centuries. The book will be welcomed by students and researchers in medieval history, European Studies, and by anyone interested in the social and cultural history of Europe.

Common Roots of Europe

Polity

La Potence ou la pitié: L'Europe et les pauvres du Moyen Âge à nos jours

Gallimard]

L'Ogre historien: Autour de Jacques Le Goff

Literature & Fiction

COLLECTIFS

Augé, Marc

Vauchez, André

Boureau, Alain

PASTOUREAU, Michel

Marin, Louis

SCHMITT, Jean-Claude

REVEL, Jacques

Baschet, Jérôme

Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane

Pomian, Krzysztof

Nora, Pierre

Toubert, Pierre

Polo de Beaulieu, Marie Anne

Fabre, Daniel

Guerreau, Alain

Berlioz, Jacques

Bonne, Jean-Claude

Dumayet, Pierre

Genre Fiction

Marginaux parisiens aux xive et xve siecles (Les)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Flammarion

Swiat "Opery Zebraczej" Obraz Wlczegw I Nedzarzy W Literaturach Europejskich XV - XVII Wieku

Panstwowy. Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa

La piedad y la horca: Historia de la miseria y de la caridad en Europa (El Libro Universitario. Ensayo) (Spanish Edition)

Alianza Editorial

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