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Vagabonds in the Kingdom: 18th Century Spanish Social Assistance and Anti-Idleness Policy

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

The following is a guest post by Jake Neuberger, who served as a spring 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. The Herencia collection contains various documents that shed light onto political, economic, and socio-cultural themes in Spain throughout the 15th …