Economic Migration in Early Modern Europe
Weber, Klaus
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Human beings in pre-modern Europe were intensely mobile, despite restrictions in many places, such as those due to serfdom. On a seasonal or permanent basis, highly qualified craftsmen and ordinary workers moved to regions with higher wages, while merchants sought out more lucrative sales markets. Regional conditions thus brought about the development of certain migration systems. Mobility, however, is not always an indication of freedom. The authorities often moved serfs and convicts to remote locations, e.g. for infrastructure projects. Poverty reduced many people to wandering beggars and day laborers with inferior legal status. In these phenomena, modernity and pre-modernity are mirrored in a striking way.
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Claudia Falk
Johannes Paulmann
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Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Western Europe
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Non-European World
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