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Subject(s)

• Luxury goods industry—Italy—History—To 1500 [Browse]
• Luxuries—Italy—History—To 1500 [Browse]
• Clothing and dress—Italy—History—Medieval, 500-1500 [Browse]
• Fashion—Italy—History—To 1500 [Browse]
• Consumption (Economics)—Italy—History—To 1500 [Browse]
• Italy—Economic conditions [Browse]

Series

• Middle Ages series. [More in this series]
• The Middle ages series

Summary note

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-311) and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Desirable wares
• 3. Gravitas and consumption
• 4. Curbing women's excesses
• 5. Costs of luxuries
• 6. Shops and trades
• 7. Marketmakers
• 8. Conclusion.

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ISBN

0812239008 (cloth)

LCCN

2005050370

International Article Number

9780812239003

RCP

C - S

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