Chapter Financing a rebellious city. Social change, revolts, and inequality among the fiscal elite in fourteenth-century Bruges
The fourteenth century was a tumultuous period. Europe was disrupted by frequent uprisings. Historians attribute these events to rising inequality. Conversely, the impact of medieval revolts on inequality has remained understudied due to lack of sources. To address this, the chapter maps the differe...
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| description | The fourteenth century was a tumultuous period. Europe was disrupted by frequent uprisings. Historians attribute these events to rising inequality. Conversely, the impact of medieval revolts on inequality has remained understudied due to lack of sources. To address this, the chapter maps the differences in fiscal wealth for the top one per cent in Bruges, a major commercial hub in Northwestern Europe. Remarkably, it shows a stable trajectory thanks to the open character of the elite in terms of wealth, occupation, lineages, and office holding. I argue that gradual social transformations and frequent uprisings explain this. In both evolutions, craftsmen took centre stage. They seized new opportunities in the market and the government probably to the detriment of the lower classes. |
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