Household goods and good households in Late Medieval London : consumption and domesticity after the Plague / Katherine L. French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Katherine L., author.

Series:

Middle Ages series.

The Middle Ages series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Households--England--London--History--To 1500.

Households.

Black Death--England--London.

Black Death.

Labor supply--England--london--History--To 1500.

Labor supply.

Home economics--England--London--History--To 1500.

Home economics.

England--London.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London looks at how increased consumption in the aftermath of the Black Death reconfigured long-held gender roles and changed the domestic lives of London's merchants and artisans for years to come."-- De Gruyter resource page, viewed February 10, 2022.

Contents:

Introduction : the challenges of increased consumption

Living in London before the plague

Valuing household goods

Interior decorating after the plague

Good housekeeping in post-plague London

Some brought flesh and some brought fish

When a woman labors with a child

Praying upon beads

Conclusion : what Londoners learned as they learned to live with more.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812299533

0812299531

OCLC:

1272990241