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Showing Status: Representation of Social Positions in the Late Middle Ages

By Wim Blockmans , Antheun Janse (eds)

Book information

Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Year
1999
ISBN
978-2-503-53908-9, 978-2-503-51155-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
128 MB (134633714 bytes)
Series
Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe - Volume 2
Pages
484\484
Time added
2016-02-04 07:19:01
Культурология;История культуры;История европейской

Description

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 wealth and power are examined alongside literary and artistic sources. Medieval texts and material culture expressed social standing and gave meaning to the experience of social change. The aim of the study is to recognise and translate the language of symbols used to encode and display status in the late Middle Ages.

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