Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins
Possessions and People in Medieval Britain
Series: Medieval History and Archaeology;
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 August 2006
- ISBN 9780199264544
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages460 pages
- Size 237x165x25 mm
- Weight 889 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 120 in-text illustrations; 8pp colour plates 0
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Short description:
In this highly illustrated book, David Hinton looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society in Britain in the middle ages, from elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, and provides a fascinating window into the society of the middle ages. Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins is about things worn and used in Britain throughout the Middle Ages, from the great treasure hoards that mark the end of the Roman Empire to the new expressions of ideas promoted by the Renaissance and Reformation.
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In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have friends when needed; and many of them paid tax on their possessions. In Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins, David Hinton reviews the significance of artefacts in this period. From elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, he looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society. His emphasis is on their reasons for acquiring, keeping, displaying, and disposing of the things that they wore and had in their houses.
Drawing on a wide range of physical and documentary evidence, including objects from archaeological excavations and written sources, he argues that the significance of material culture has not been properly taken into account in explanations of social change, particularly in the later Middle Ages. He also explores how identity was created, and how social division was expressed and reinforced.
An overall review that looks at evidence in Scotland and Wales as well as in England, this book ranges chronologically from the end of the Roman rule of Britain to the introduction of the new modes and practices that are usually termed 'Renaissance', marked by the changes in religion. Profusely illustrated, the author provides a fascinating and illuminating window into the society of the Middle Ages.
Rich in descriptive detail, it offers a much needed synthesis, relating objects to their social context period by period.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Adapting to Life without the Legions
Expressions of the Elites
Kings and Christianity
Alfred et al
An Epoch of New Dynasties
Feudal Modes
Material Culture and Social Display
The Wars and the Posies
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Adapting to Life without the Legions
Expressions of the Elites
Kings and Christianity
Alfred et al
An Epoch of New Dynasties
Feudal Modes
Material Culture and Social Display
The Wars and the Posies
Bibliography
Index
Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: Possessions and People in Medieval Britain
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