‎Magdalena E. Naum, Jette Linaa, Sergio Escribano-Ruiz (eds)‎
‎Material Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Archaeological Perspectives‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 264 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:26 b/w, 17 col., 2 tables b/w., 15 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503593999.‎

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‎Summary 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction - SERGIO ESCRIBANO-RUIZ, MAGDALENA E. NAUM, JETTE LINAA The Same, but Different: Reflections on Some Medieval Stoneware Vessels Found in Norway - VOLKER DEMUTH On How to Keep the Monopoly of Diversity: Itineraries of Foreign Pottery in the Basque Country, AD 1300-1700 - SERGIO ESCRIBANO-RUIZ Memorable, Modern or Mundane? Investigating the Place of Porcelain and Majolica in the Homes and the Hearts in Early Modern Denmark - JETTE LINAA A Mandatory Stop: The Trade of Imported Pottery in Asturias (NW Iberian Peninsula) during the Early Modern Period - MIGUEL BUSTO ZAPICO Pilgrim Badges and the Magical Middle Ages: Aspects of the Cult of Saints, Magical Thinking, and Religious Identity - RACHEL FACIUS ANDERSEN Producers, Intermediaries, and Consumers: The Role of Adriatic Ports in the Venetian Glass Trade - SAMANTHA GARWOOD Clothing Cultures in the Seventeenth-Century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: The Male Footwear from Elblag as an Example of Western-Type Fashion - ALEKSANDRA KULESZ Kilian Stobæus and his Fossil Collections: Science, Aesthetics, and Emotions - MAGDALENA E. NAUM, CAJSA SJÖBERG, HÅKAN HÅKANSSON, ANDERS LINDSKOG, MATS E. ERIKSSON AND PER AHLBERG‎