Throughout humanity, humans have been isolated to social classes and divided due to wealth, and status. Europe during 1450 to 1700 was issuing a major problem because poverty was common throughout Europe. This was a major problem as poverty was one of the factors of the high death rates because of starvation. As a result, many different European countries including the Spanish, France, Great Britain, and Netherlands, spoke up to the occasion in different attitudes and responses. Many individuals whether they are rulers, doctors, artists, council members had a different view to the poor as some will have a negative connotation portraying the unfortunate as idleness, while others will show sympathy and positivity in their ideas.
Many Europeans took a stand to
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Furthermore, he says that the people in a higher class than the poor, don't know much about the beliefs and practices of the poor, so they might not use the alms to benefit themselves but might use it for bad intentions. This is what he means when he says it's “embarrassing.” This depiction is seen as a negative connotation because he is focusing on why not to give alms and is hinting to why you shouldn't spend your money towards the poor. Another significant figure who believed in a slightly different idea was the point of view of emperor Charles V. In his imperial decree for the Netherlands in 1521, he declares alms should be given due to the glory of God (DBQ 2). However, it should not be permitted to everyone because it will lead to laziness. When the poor fall into idleness, major problems will follow as they will abandon their trade or occupation for a immoral life . He declares this a major issue because he believed it would get passed down to generations making it harder to resolve poverty. Additionally, a town council meeting in France of 1542 issued this problem. The results of the meeting seemed very aggressive towards the unfortunate