Pauper inventories were made by poor law officials to record the possessions that people on poor relief owned. These inventories have been known to exist for decades, yet they are notoriously difficult to find and have been under-utilised by generations of historians.
For the first time, this book contains transcriptions of 230 pauper inventories from Norfolk. The sources are fully contextualised and indexed, alongside four comprehensive chapters which outline the source's importance and usefulness to readers. Pauper inventories are powerful documents which reveal new insights into the living conditions of the destitute and show that being poor did not necessarily equate to owning very little. The sources will be of use to economic, social and cultural historians who study a wide range of topics including consumption, material culture, production, everyday life, poverty and welfare.
| ISBN: | 9780197266656 |
| Publication date: | 5th March 2020 |
| Author: | |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Records of Social and Economic History. New Series |
| Genres: |
Economic history Social and cultural history |
Pauper inventories were made by poor law officials to record the possessions that people on poor relief owned. These inventories have been known to exist for decades, yet they are notoriously difficult to find and have been under-utilised by generations of historians.
For the first time, this book contains transcriptions of 230 pauper inventories from Norfolk. The sources are fully contextualised and indexed, alongside four comprehensive chapters which outline the source's importance and usefulness to readers. Pauper inventories are powerful documents which reveal new insights into the living conditions of the destitute and show that being poor did not necessarily equate to owning very little. The sources will be of use to economic, social and cultural historians who study a wide range of topics including consumption, material culture, production, everyday life, poverty and welfare.
Norfolk Pauper Inventories, C.1690-1834 features in the following genres: Economic history, Social and cultural history
Norfolk Pauper Inventories, C.1690-1834 is available in Hardback
Norfolk Pauper Inventories, C.1690-1834 was written by and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
Norfolk Pauper Inventories, C.1690-1834 has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Records of Social and Economic History. New Series series