tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post199740682192368223..comments2024-01-22T09:59:19.371-08:00Comments on Life in the Middle Ages: Attitudes toward medieval povertyC. Dale Brittainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-48379189647141416702020-10-12T19:10:23.907-07:002020-10-12T19:10:23.907-07:00I've heard that awful phrase: "The poor a...I've heard that awful phrase: "The poor are poor because they want to be poor" or worst: "They're poor because they don´t want to put an effort and work". I was wondering if there was a similar thought in the Middle Ages, a way to justify the lack of compassion and charity by blaming the poor. I don't know, maybe that's what God wanted or that they were born poor because it was fated and they should suck it up because that's what they got and it couldn't be changed or they didn't deserve otherwise.Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657530387556513744noreply@blogger.com