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The Medieval Household in Christian Europe, c. 850-c. 1550. Managing Power, Wealth, and the Body
| Edizione: | Brepols Publishers, 2004 | | Collana: | International Medieval Research |
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This volume asks whether there was a
common structure, ideology, and image of the household in the medieval
Christian West. In the period under examination, noble households often
exercised great power in their own right, while even quite humble
households were defined as agents of government in the administration
of local communities. Many of the papers therefore address the public
functions and perceptions of the household, and argue that the
formulation of domestic (and family) values was of essential importance
in the growth and development of the medieval Christian state.
Contributors to this volume of collected essays write from a number of
disciplinary perspectives (archaeological, art-historical, historical,
and literary). They examine socially diverse households (from peasants
to kings) and use case-studies from different regions across Europe in
different periods from the medieval epoch from c.850 to
c.1550. The volume both includes studies from archives and
collections not often covered in English-language publications, and
offers new approaches to more familiar material. It is divided
into thematic sections exploring the role of households in the exercise
of power, in controlling the body, in the distribution of wealth and
within a wider economy of possessions. The majority of the papers were
first given at the International Medieval Congress at the
University of Leeds in 2001, in a strand on 'Domus and
Familia' organised by the Urban Household Group of the
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York.
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