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."--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: French, Katherine L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
Households > England > London > History > To 1500.
Black Death > England > London.
Labor supply > England > London > History > To 1500.
Home economics > England > London > History > To 1500.
Peste noire > Angleterre > Londres.
Black Death.
Home economics.
Households.
Labor supply.
England > London.
History.
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.

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