Material Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Archaeological Perspectives

Edited by Magdalena E Naum Edited by Jette Linaa Edited by Sergio Escribano-Ruiz

Book cover: Material Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Extent: 264, 264 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Medieval Studies, World Archaeology

Series: Studies in the History of Daily Life (800-1600)

Series volume number: 9

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2021)

ISBN: 9782503593999

Price: $95.00

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The study of the movement of ‘things’ – the exchange of objects as gifts or through trade, the itineraries that they followed when on the move, and their changing importance from location to location – can offer unique insights into our understanding of past societies; and archaeology plays a vital role in allowing such movements to be traced. Nonetheless, the circulation of objects across time, and between peoples and places, has long been neglected as a field of research in its own right. This volume aims to address this gap in scholarship by drawing on recent archaeological research to provide a detailed study of the moment of objects across Europe in the late medieval and early modern period. The contributions gathered here trace the interactions between peoples, ideas, and objects in order to explore the impact of movement both on the material things themselves, and on the people who manufactured, exchanged, or used such goods. The volume draws on a wide range of archaeological evidence to explore subjects as varied as production and transport, modes of trade, the connections between trade and religion, and the emotional connections between things and people. Together, they offer a pioneering approach to our understanding of objects and their movement in the past.

  • Edited by Magdalena E Naum
  • Edited by Jette Linaa
  • Edited by Sergio Escribano-Ruiz