Household goods and good households in late medieval London : consumption and domesticity after the plague /
"Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London looks at how increased consumption in the aftermath of the Black Death reconfigured long-held gender roles and changed the domestic lives of London's merchants and artisans for years to come."--
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2021]
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Series: | Middle Ages series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the challenges of increased consumption
- Living in London before the plague
- Valuing household goods
- Interior decorating after the plague
- Good housekeeping in post-plague London
- Some brought flesh and some brought fish
- When a woman labors with a child
- Praying upon beads
- Conclusion : what Londoners learned as they learned to live with more.