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- Rotegång ('Walk the parish') or kringgång ('Walk around') was a historical form of poor care in the history of Sweden to support the very poorest in the peasant community. Rotegång was practiced in the Swedish countryside already in the Middle Ages to care for those of the community destitute who could not work. In 1296, it is mentioned in Uppland County Law that a community pauper had the right to be given shelter in the households of the parish for 24 hours each. This method was a phenomenon of the countryside, as the city paupers were normally given shelter in the poor houses from at least circa 1300 onward. Those of the destitute fattighjon (pauper) who could not be placed in a backstuga or in a poor house, which did not always exist in rural communities, were referred to the rotegång. The households of a parish were traditionally divided into rote's: normally, one rote of the village contained six households. Each rote was given responsibility for one pauper each, who were then shifted between them according to a schedule. Normally, the pauper stayed in each household for one week at the time. The pauper was assigned a "fattigklubba" (Poor Club) or "fattigbricka" (Poor Badge) of wood as a sign of their status, where the schedule was described. They were expected to contribute with what they could in exchange for food, care and housing. Closely related to the rotegång was the fattigauktion (Poor Auction), where paupers (often orphans but also adults), were auctioned off to interested households willing to house them more for a year, which differed from rotegång. The people participating in the 'auction' did not actually buy the pauper, however; their 'bid' was the money they demanded from the parish poor care to house them and so those who offered to take care of it for the lowest amount won. The Pauper Auctions were somewhat later phenomena, which eventually became more common than rotegång, in particular since rotegång was abolished for children by the 1847 års fattigvårdförordning. In the reformed Poor Law of 1918, rotegång as well as fattigvårdsauktion and child auction were abolished along with the poor houses. (en)
- Rotegång eller kringgång, var ett system för att försörja de allra fattigaste i bondesamhället. Redan under medeltiden tillämpades en form av roteringssystem för bygdens icke arbetsföra fattiga på den svenska landsbygden, där man inte hade fattighus och helgeandshus som i städerna: i Upplandslagen från 1296 nämns hur fattiga hade rätt till att bli omhändertagna i varje hushåll under ett dygn i taget. De fattighjon som inte kunde placeras på fattighus tilldelades en rotegång. Rotehjonet fick därefter gå mellan gårdarna efter en uppgjord ordningsföljd. Ett antal gårdar – sex var vanligt – som ingick i en rote hade gemensam skyldighet att stå för mat och logi, och i viss mån vård. Hjonen skulle efter förmåga hjälpa till och göra rätt för sig. Som bevis för sin rätt bar hjonet med sig en så kallad "fattigklubba" eller "fattigbricka" av trä. På klubban eller brickan stod roteordningen och hur länge vistelsen på gården fick vara. En vecka var vanligt. Rotegång förbjöds för barn år 1847, och fattigauktioner blev då vanligare för barn. Rotegången liksom fattigvårdsauktionerna förbjöds slutligen i Sverige i 1918 års fattigvårdslag, i samband med att de sista fattigstugorna omvandlades till ålderdomshem. (sv)
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