Gilding the market
luxury and fashion in fourteenth century Italy
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Author
Publication
2006 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
80,500 words, Guess
Page Count
322 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3426526M
- ISBN-139780812239003
- ISBN-100812239008
- OCLC Control Number60671892
- OCLC Control Numbergildingmarketlux0000stua
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005050370
- Goodreads1880948
- LibraryThing2058393
Classifications
- DDC381/.45687/094509023
- LCCHD9999.L853 I87 2006
Description
"Focusing on the luxury trade in fashionable wear and accessories in Venice, Florence, and other towns in Italy, Gilding the Market investigates a major shift in patterns of consumption at the height of medieval prosperity, which, more remarkably, continued through the subsequent era of plague, return of plague, and increased warfare. A fine sensitivity to the demands of "le pompe," that is, the public display of private wealth, infected town life. The quest for luxuries affected markets by enlarging exchange activity and encouraging retail trades. As both consumers and tradesmen, local goldsmiths, long-distance traders, bankers, and money changers played important roles in creating this new age of fashion."--Jacket.
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Series Statement
- The Middle ages series
Other Editions
- Gilding the market: luxury and fashion in fourteenth century Italy
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