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Gold and gilt, pots and pins : possessions and people in medieval Britain / David A. Hinton.
LIBRA DA185 .H56 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hinton, David Alban.
- Series:
- Medieval history and archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Personal belongings--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Personal belongings.
- Dress accessories--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Dress accessories.
- House furnishings--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- House furnishings.
- Middle Ages.
- History.
- Great Britain--Antiquities.
- Great Britain.
- Antiquities.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
- Great Britain--Civilization--To 1066.
- Civilization.
- Great Britain--Civilization--1066-1485.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 439 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Gold & gilt, pots & pins
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- In this highly illustrated book, 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 is about things worn and used in Britain throughout the Middle Ages, from the great treasure hoards that mark the end of the Roman Empire to the new expressions of ideas promoted by the Renaissance and Reformation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-428) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199264538
- OCLC:
- 57283347
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