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Representation of Social Positions in the Late Middle Ages
KORTE INHOUD
An illuminating study of social symbolism in northern Europe. The exhibition of rank, wealth, power, occupation and even intellect were of crucial importance in medieval society, where seating plans, menus, fashions and foods were all contolled by strict etiquette. This book is full of facts and figures, such as table plans, odd fashion laws, lists of household servants with salaries, which illustrate the social do's and don'ts. It also presents ways in which one could climb through the ranks. Symbols were an equally important element in late medieval arts, including Arthurian romances, Flemish painting and northern wood carvings.
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1999Uitgever: Brepols Publishers492 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503507662ISBN-13: 9782503507668Koop dit boek tweedehands
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This publication brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives on representations of social difference in the Low Countries during a time of dynamic social change. How did people in the late medieval period perceive and express social status? This volume brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives on representations of social difference in the Low Countries during a time of dynamic social change. The premise of the volume is that medieval social change may only be fully understood if hierarchies of w...
