Armut und Reichtum im Mittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit

Armut und Reichtum im Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit

• Aufgaben: The tasks can be completed as a multi-week plan, differentiated lessons, or assigned to individual students based on their learning pace.
• Mittelalter (1200): Tasks involve examining background material and comparing the situation in 1200 to 1500. The goal is to identify and understand the reasons for poverty. The task also involves studying how higher social classes interacted with or treated those lower on the social ladder.
• Frühe Neuzeit (1500): Same tasks as above, but compare and contrast that period.
• Elisabeth von Thüringen: The student needs to determine whether her lifestyle is exemplary. Students should consider the values of her time, present day, and their own personal values as a means of assessment.
• Jakob Fugger: The student needs to analyse his rise to riches, and his attitudes towards the poor. Students need to make comparisons to Elisabeth.
• Source comparison (Q1 & Q2): Two sources are examined to compare attitudes toward the poor, comparing the different historical perspectives evident in the sources between the high and late medieval periods (1400s-1500s).
• Historical interview (Elisabeth/Fugger): Students are required to conduct an imagined interview with these historical figures to learn their views on poverty and social welfare in their respective time periods.
• Media analysis: Analyse the differing representations of hospitals and workhouses in media (images/illustrations). Students are to examine their characteristics and implications regarding the attitudes toward the poor in different eras.
• Source comparison (Q3): Students should examine source Q3 to determine the treatment of the poor and compare it to the representations of workhouses. Key elements and differences must be identified.

Vergleiche und Analysen

• Mittelalter vs. Frühe Neuzeit: Identify and clarify the differences in values, attitudes towards poverty and treatment of the poor between the two time periods.
• Elisabeth von Thüringen & Jakob Fugger: Analyze their approaches towards wealth accumulation and charitable work. Contrast their motives and methods.
• Social Context: Assess the impact of economic, social, and religious factors on attitudes toward poverty in the given time periods.