Material Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Archaeological Perspectives: 9 (Studies in the History of Daily Life (800-1600)) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503593992 ISBN 13: 9782503593999

Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2021

Synopsis

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.

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Dr Magdalena Naum is an associate professor at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University. Her research focuses on migration, Scandinavian colonialism and cultures of collecting. She co-edited Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity (Springer, 2013) and Facing Otherness in Early Modern Sweden (Boydell 2019), and authored numerous articles on the subject of her research. Dr Jette Linaa is curator of historical archaeology at Moesgaard Museum and adjunct assoc. prof. at Department of Arhaeology and Cultural Studies, University of Aarhus. Linaa is the author of several volume and papers on Early Modern consumption, as well as editor of an anthology on diasporic communities in Early Modern ScandinaviaDr. Sergio Escribano –Ruiz is part-time Professor and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He has carried out research across Europe (Spain, Italy), America (Canada, Argentina) and Africa (Sahara), studying several topics ranging from historical pottery and settlements to colonialism. Escribano-Ruiz is has authored several papers on such topics and is actively engaged in related international associations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols N.V.
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503593992
• ISBN 13: 9782503593999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Escribano-Ruiz Sergio, Linaa Jette, Naum Magdalena E