Inventories of Textiles - Textiles in Inventories: Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture
Inventories are among the oldest documents to survive from ancient times. Textiles take an important place within them and inform - among other things - about value, context of use, material, fashion, trade or techniques. This is all the more relevant, as textiles were then the most important trade goods after bullion and food. The articles of this volume focus on the time between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. They represent different approaches to this fascinating topic whose social framework includes popes, kings, merchants and farmers.
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Inventories of Textiles - Textiles in Inventories: Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture
Inventories are among the oldest documents to survive from ancient times. Textiles take an important place within them and inform - among other things - about value, context of use, material, fashion, trade or techniques. This is all the more relevant, as textiles were then the most important trade goods after bullion and food. The articles of this volume focus on the time between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. They represent different approaches to this fascinating topic whose social framework includes popes, kings, merchants and farmers.
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Inventories of Textiles - Textiles in Inventories: Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

Inventories of Textiles - Textiles in Inventories: Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

Inventories of Textiles - Textiles in Inventories: Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

Inventories of Textiles - Textiles in Inventories: Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

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Inventories are among the oldest documents to survive from ancient times. Textiles take an important place within them and inform - among other things - about value, context of use, material, fashion, trade or techniques. This is all the more relevant, as textiles were then the most important trade goods after bullion and food. The articles of this volume focus on the time between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. They represent different approaches to this fascinating topic whose social framework includes popes, kings, merchants and farmers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783847103929
Publisher: V&R unipress
Publication date: 06/12/2017
Edition description: Aufl.
Pages: 245
Product dimensions: 6.06(w) x 9.09(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Thomas Ertl lehrt Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des Mittelalters an der Universitat Wien. Einer seiner Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Textilien, ihre Produktion und ihre Verwendung im Mittelalter. Dr. Barbara Karl ist Kuratorin der Sammlung des Textilmuseums St.Gallen (CH). Der Schwerpunkt ihrer Forschungen und Publikationen widmet sich Textilien und Sammlungsgeschichte vor dem Hintergrund des intranationalen kulturellen Austauschs der fruhen Neuzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert. Prof. Dr. Heinz Fassmann ist Direktor des Instituts fur Stadt- und Regionalforschung und Vizerektor fur Forschung und Internationales an der Universitat Wien. Prof. Dr. Thomas Ertl lehrt Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des Mittelalters an der Universitat Wien. Einer seiner Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Textilien, ihre Produktion und ihre Verwendung im Mittelalter. Dr. Barbara Karl ist Kuratorin der Sammlung des Textilmuseums St.Gallen (CH). Der Schwerpunkt ihrer Forschungen und Publikationen widmet sich Textilien und Sammlungsgeschichte vor dem Hintergrund des intranationalen kulturellen Austauschs der fruhen Neuzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert.
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