Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400)
This article examines land ownership among Valencian peasants as a means of addressing internal wealth inequalities. Using a sample of 191 probate inventories from 1283 to 1400, we provide evidence of the number of plots owned by peasants, the size of their holdings, and the crops they grew. This pr...
সংরক্ষণ করুন:
| প্রধান লেখক: | |
|---|---|
| বিন্যাস: | Online |
| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
| প্রকাশিত: |
Firenze University Press
2025
|
| বিষয়গুলি: | |
| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221507058_224 |
| ট্যাগগুলো: |
কোনো ট্যাগ নেই, প্রথমজন হিসাবে ট্যাগ করুন!
|
| _version_ | 1869526733677395968 |
|---|---|
| author | Almenar Fernández, Luis |
| author_browse | Almenar Fernández, Luis |
| author_facet | Almenar Fernández, Luis |
| author_sort | Almenar Fernández, Luis |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | This article examines land ownership among Valencian peasants as a means of addressing internal wealth inequalities. Using a sample of 191 probate inventories from 1283 to 1400, we provide evidence of the number of plots owned by peasants, the size of their holdings, and the crops they grew. This provides a unique opportunity to explore inequalities in a period for which no tax records have survived. The study argues that before the Black Death there were significant inequalities among Valencian peasants across the kingdom, which appear to have increased in the fifty years after the plague in terms of land ownership. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-163619 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publishDateRange | 2025 |
| publishDateSort | 2025 |
| publisher | Firenze University Press |
| publisherStr | Firenze University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1636192025-08-02T05:19:03Z Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) Almenar Fernández, Luis Middle Ages 1283-1400 Kingdom of Valencia peasantry land ownership probate inventories This article examines land ownership among Valencian peasants as a means of addressing internal wealth inequalities. Using a sample of 191 probate inventories from 1283 to 1400, we provide evidence of the number of plots owned by peasants, the size of their holdings, and the crops they grew. This provides a unique opportunity to explore inequalities in a period for which no tax records have survived. The study argues that before the Black Death there were significant inequalities among Valencian peasants across the kingdom, which appear to have increased in the fifty years after the plague in terms of land ownership. 2025-08-02T05:19:02Z 2025-08-02T05:19:02Z 2025-08-01T15:53:59Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221507058_224 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104774 9791221507058 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163619 eng Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104774/1/44814.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8.09 10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8.09 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221507058 23 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | Middle Ages 1283-1400 Kingdom of Valencia peasantry land ownership probate inventories Almenar Fernández, Luis Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) |
| title | Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) |
| title_full | Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) |
| title_fullStr | Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) |
| title_short | Chapter Wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the Black Death. A quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the Kingdom of Valencia (1283-1400) |
| title_sort | chapter wealth inequality and land ownership before and after the black death a quantitative analysis of peasant probate inventories from the kingdom of valencia 1283 1400 |
| topic | Middle Ages 1283-1400 Kingdom of Valencia peasantry land ownership probate inventories |
| topic_facet | Middle Ages 1283-1400 Kingdom of Valencia peasantry land ownership probate inventories |
| url | ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221507058_224 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT almenarfernandezluis chapterwealthinequalityandlandownershipbeforeandaftertheblackdeathaquantitativeanalysisofpeasantprobateinventoriesfromthekingdomofvalencia12831400 |