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Representation of Social Positions in the Late Middle Ages

Edited by Wim Blockmans Edited by Antheun Janse

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Extent: 502, 502 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe

Series volume number: 2

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 1999)

ISBN: 9782503507668

Price: $57.00

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This publication brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives on representations of social difference in the Low Countries during a time of dynamic social change.


How did people in the late medieval period perceive and express social status? This volume brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives on representations of social difference in the Low Countries during a time of dynamic social change. The premise of the volume is that medieval social change may only be fully understood if hierarchies of wealth and power are examined alongside literary and artistic sources. Medieval texts and material culture expressed social standing and gave meaning to the experience of social change. The aim of the study is to recognise and translate the language of symbols used to encode and display status in the late Middle Ages.

  • Edited by Wim Blockmans
  • Edited by Antheun Janse