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Turning houses into homes : a history of the retailing and consumption of domestic furnishings.
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ISBN: 0754609065 Year: 2005 Publisher: Aldershot Ashgate

Gold and gilt, pots and pins
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ISBN: 0191919292 1281345849 9786611345846 0191532622 1435610032 9781435610033 9780191532627 9780199264537 0199264538 0199264538 9780191919299 Year: 2005 Publisher: Oxford New York Oxford University Press

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In 'Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins', David Hinton looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society in Britain in the Middle Ages, from elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, and provides a fascinating window into the society of the Middle Ages.

Gold and gilt, pots and pins : possessions and people in Medieval Britain
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ISBN: 0199264538 9780199264537 Year: 2005 Volume: *2 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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"In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have friends when needed; and many of them paid tax on their possessions. In Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins David Hinton reviews the significance of artefacts in this period. From elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, he looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society. His emphasis is on their reasons for acquiring, keeping, displaying, and disposing of the things that they wore and had in their houses." "An overall review that looks at evidence in Scotland and Wales as well as in England, this book ranges chronologically from the end of the Roman rule of Britain to the introduction of the new modes and practices that are usually termed 'Renaissance', marked by the changes in religion. Lavishly illustrated, the author provides an illuminating window into the society of the Middle Ages."--Jacket. "Drawing on a wide range of physical and documentary evidence, including objects from archaeological excavations and written sources, he argues that the significance of material culture has not been properly taken into account in explanations of social change, particularly in the later Middle Ages. He also explores how identity was created, and how social division was expressed and reinforced."

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