Räumliche Aspekte sozialer Ungleichheit in der spätmittelalterlichen Stadt

• Published in: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 2005-01, Vol.92 (4), p.424-439
• Main Authors: Dirlmeier, Ulf, Fuhrmann, Bernd
• Format: Article
• Language: ger
• ISSN: 0340-8728

The economic, social and political dissimilarities in late medieval cities precipitate themselves partially in residential areas of late medieval cities. But against all tendencies of spatial segregation of the social strata or classes and in contradiction of the process to distinguish districts in the 15th century it was normal, that persons with a very different social background lived together in a crowded fashion. This does not mean that there were no concentrations of poorer inhabitants or of crafts in the outskirts of towns. But, for example, members of agricultural crafts did usually not live there because they were poor, they lived there as it was professionally useful. And on the other side, many persons of lower classes lived in city centres near the local dignitaries and the most wealthy citizens. In the 16th century there are no significant changes.