In the last years, studies on inequality have flourished. New insights into the long-term distribution of wealth or income and new ways of proper measurement allow for a better understanding of the correlation between inequality and economic growth. Whereas debates on historical inequality focus predominantly on differences in income, wealth or legal status, other causes of (social and economic) stratification such as differences in economic scope for action and framework conditions are usually examined with less attention. The conference wants to change that by discussing unequal opportunities as factor for understanding economic change.

Programme :

Thursday, 5 September 2024

Get-Together
Meeting Point: Tiroler Landesarchiv, Michael-Gaismair-Straße 1

10:00–11:00: Guided tour in the TLA (Tyrolean Provincial Archive) with a focus on collections on the medieval economic history of Tyrol, followed by the opportunity to have lunch together

Annual Conference
Meeting Point: University of Innsbruck, Ágnes-Heller-Haus, Innrain 52a, Seminarraum 1

13:00–13:15: Stephan Nicolussi-Köhler (Innsbruck) and Lienhard Thaler (Vienna)
Welcome and Introductory Remarks

13:15–14:15: John Weisweiler (Munich)
Keynote 1: Inequality and the Fall of the Roman Empire

14:15–14:45: Coffee break

Panel 1: Unequal Chances of Political Participation and Economic Opportunities
Chair: Andreas Exenberger (Innsbruck)

14:45–15:30: Francesco Azzoni (Milan)
Inequality in the Early Middle Ages. Distribution of Wealth and Societal Changes in Lombard Northern Italy

15:30–16:15: Adelheid Krah (Vienna)
From Unequal Opportunities to a Better World. Soil Culture, Protection Money and Women’s Work in the Official Book of the ‘Censuales’ from the Diocese of Freising (10th–14th century) or: More than a Special Case

16:15–17:00: Alex Spike Gibbs (Mannheim)
A Medieval ‘Middling Sort‘? Wealth, Authority and Inequality in East Anglian Villages, c. 1350–c. 1550

19:00: Conference Dinner

Annual Conference of the Research Group for Late Medieval Economic History

Friday, 6 September 2024

08:30–09:30: Guido Alfani (Milan)
Keynote 2: Economic Inequality and Social Mobility in Preindustrial Europe: An Overview

09:30–10:00: Coffee break

Panel 2: Unequal Distribution of Resources
Chair: Annette Kehnel (Mannheim)

10:00–10:45: Grigori Simeonov (Vienna)
Pastoralism in the Medieval Balkans: ‘Unequal Opportunity’ or ‘Subsistence Strategy’?

10:45–11:30: Leonhard Engelmaier (Florence)
The Impact of Plague on Land Tenancy in St. Pölten and its Hinterland. 1324 and 1367

11:30–12:15: Sebastian Weil (Kassel)
Unequal Partners – Equal Dues. The Late Medieval Estate Surveys of Lordship Heideck

12:15–13:30: Lunch at UNI LOUNGE, Campus Innrain

Panel 3: Unequal Levies and Burdens
Chair: Tanja Skambraks (Graz) & Julia Bruch (Cologne)

13:30–14:15: Victoria Gierok (Oxford)
Taxation and Urban Revolts in Pre-Industrial Germany

14:15–15:00: Marco Conti (Bologna/Bordeaux)
Investing in the Res Publica. Bologna XIII–XIV c.

15:00–15:30: Coffee break

15:30–16:15: Tobias Fischer (Munich)
Introducing Inequality. The Emergence of Individual Imperial Taxation of Jews in the Holy Roman Empire

16:15–17:00: Naomi Beutler (Paris/Barcelona)
The Reproduction of Economic Power. An Illustration based on the Example of the Late Medieval Pound Duty Exemption

17:00–17:30: General Discussion

Informations pratiques :

05.09.2024 – 06.09.2024

Universität Innsbruck

Source : Wirtschaftsgeschichte