"Good Households and Household Goods: Material Culture and Burgess Identity after the Black Death"
Katherine French, J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
12:30-2:00 PM
Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room
202 S. Thayer
Map
Looking at the experience of post-plague London, French argues that more than just manifesting status and wealth, the new goods filling artisan or merchant homes were creating new kinds of household environments that compelled plague survivors, their children, and grand-children to act in ways that produced new social personae.
| Building: | 202 S. Thayer |
|---|---|
| Website: | |
| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | European, History, International |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Institute for the Humanities, Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) |
