Source
Source: Ludolph Büsinck, bearded beggar with stick and canvas bag, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, available online from Zeno, http://www.zeno.org/nid/20003916146
Abstract
Beggars were universal figures of city life. After the Thirty Years War, when poverty reached new extremes, beggars could be sentenced to severe corporal punishment and sent to workhouses along with petty criminals.
Beggar with Staff and Linen Bag (17th century)
Recommended Citation
Beggar with Staff and Linen Bag (17th century),
published in: German History in Documents and Images,
<https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3291>
[March 28, 2025].