Showing status : representation of social positions in the late Middle Ages / edited by Wim Blockmans and Antheun Janse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blockmans, Wim, 1945-

Janse, A.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 2.

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social status--Europe--History--16th century.

Social status.

Social classes--Europe--History--16th century.

Social classes.

Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Social history.

Social history--Medieval.

History.

Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.

Europe.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

vii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Representation of social positions in the late Middle Ages

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, 1999.

Summary:

How did people in the late medieval period perceive and express social status? This volume brings together multidisciplinary 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

2503507662

OCLC:

42814299