Aproximación a la desigualdad económica a través de fuentes fiscales bajomedievalesValls (1378), Sevilla (1384) y Palma (1478)

  1. Luis Almenar Fernández 1
  2. Guillermo Chismol Muñoz-Caravaca 1
  3. Lledó Ruiz Domingo 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

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El Futuro del Pasado: revista electrónica de historia

ISSN: 1989-9289

Argitalpen urtea: 2017

Zenbakien izenburua: Desigualdad

Zenbakia: 8

Orrialdeak: 55-82

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.14516/FDP.2016.008.001.002 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Wealth inequality in pre-industrial societies is a newly reinvigorated topic in economic history. Late medieval historians, particularly those of Iberia, face the challenge to catch up with their early modern counterparts. This proves completely possible due to the existence of analytic methods already developed in economics, as well as tax sources based on patrimony estimates of tax-payers. With the aim of addressing such a topic, this essay analyses three cases coming from various late medieval Iberian populations: Valls (1378), Seville (1384) and Palma (1478). In the case of Valls and Sevile the evidence has been based on transcriptions of available material, while for Palma we have studied a original unpublised record. Part one poses the limits and possibilities of the usage of these sources for the study of inequality in the late medieval context. Part two explains the foundations of our methodology, which relies on the calculation of Gini coefficients and deciles-based wealth distribution, as applied to these sources. Finally, part three shows provisional evidence from the viewpoint of inequality between occupational groups, rural and urban populations and, in the end, men and women.

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Este trabajo forma parte del proyecto «Crecimiento económico y desigualdad social en la Europa mediterránea, siglos xiii-xv» (HAR2014-58730-P). Esta investigación cuenta con el apoyo de una ayuda de Formación del Profesorado Universitario (FPU), una ayuda de Formación del Personal Investigador (FPI) del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de España y, finalmente, de una ayuda predoctoral Atracció de Talent de la Universitat de València.

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