Medieval Domesticity Home, Housing and Household in Medieval England |
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| Editor:
| Kowaleski, Maryanne
Goldberg, P. J. P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-89920-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $122.00 |
Book Description:
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What did 'home' mean to men and women in the period 1200-1500? This volume explores the concept of domesticity, and addresses its many cultural, material and ideological dimensions. Leading scholars argue that, during this period, England witnessed the emergence of a distinctive bourgeois ideology of domesticity.
What did 'home' mean to men and women in the period 1200-1500? This volume explores the concept of domesticity, and addresses its many cultural, material and ideological dimensions. Leading scholars argue that, during this period, England witnessed the emergence of a distinctive bourgeois ideology of domesticity.