Public Opinion and Political Contest in Late Medieval Paris
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Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800), vol. 9
Buyers and Sellers
Retail circuits and practices in medieval and early modern Europe
Bruno Blondé, Peter Stabel, Jon Stobart, Ilja Van Damme (eds)
- Pages: 350 p.
- Size:180 x 250 mm
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2006
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-51580-9
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This book brings together contributions from urban historians, social historians and art historians to explore the issues of exchange, shopping behaviour, social interactions, gender and physical space.
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BIO
Bruno Blondé is Director of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Antwerp. His current research interests include: urban history, social inequality and living standards, consumption and retailing history and historical social network analysis.
Summary
Consumption is now a critical issue in late medieval and early modern historical and cultural studies. While we know increasingly about regulatory systems, we know much less about the daily practice of buying and selling. This book brings together contributions from urban historians, social historians and art historians to explore the issues of exchange, shopping behavior, social interactions, gender and physical space. Contributions deal with Italy, the Low Countries and England.
In the articles in this volume lines of continuity between the medieval and early modern period have been stressed. In addition, some critical questions have been raised. Were markets necessarily less "modern" compared to "fixed shops"? How did changing consumers and consumer patterns interact with the retailer? The essays published here also emphasize the need to study different commercial circuits in their context. These circuits often overlapped and could not artificially be isolated from one another.
Authors
B.Blondé, R.Britnell, D.Calabi, H. Deceulaer, D. Gentilcore, V. Harding, B. Lemire, F.Nevola, J.Shaw, E.Steegen, P.Stabel, J. Stobart, L. Van Aert, I. Van Damme, C.Walsh, E.Welch.
Cette série d'études peut être considerée comme un produit du programme de recherche 'La société urbaine dans les anciens Pays-Bas (bas Moyen Age - 16e siècle)' financé par les 'Pôles d'attraction interuniversitaires - Etat belge - Services fédéraux des affaires scientifiques, techniques et culturelles' et mené par une équipe composée par les Universités de Gand (RUG, Marc Boone, Hilde Symoens), de Bruxelles (ULB, Claire Billen), de Leyde (RUL, Wim Blockmans) et d'Anvers (UFSIA, Bruno Blondé, Guido Marnef) et du départment des manuscripts de la Bibliothèque Royale (Albertina) de Bruxelles (Pierre Cockshaw, Bernard Bousmanne). Le projet (PAI, phase V, n°10) sera développé en poursuivant quatre lignes de recherche: villes et plat-pays (osmose économique, social et culturel), contrôle des comportements, identité urbaine, histoire sociale et culturelle des classes moyennes. La série publiera les resultats de recherche du programme pendant la période 2002-2006. Compte tenu de l'importance du phénomène urbain dans l'histoire des anciens Pays-Bas, le programme de recherche contribuera également à mieux comprendre la singularité de ce espace dans le contexte européen.
