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The medieval clothier
\"Cloth-making became England's leading industry in the late Middle Ages; clothiers coordinated its different stages, in some cases carrying out the processes themselves, and found markets for their finished cloth, selling to merchants, drapers and other traders. While many clothiers were of only modest status or \"jacks of all trades\", a handful of individuals amassed huge fortunes through the trade, becoming the multi-millionaires of their day.0This book offers the first recent survey of this hugely important and significant trade and its practitioners, examining the whole range of clothiers across different areas of England, and exploring their impact within the industry and in their wider communities. Alongside the mechanics of the trade, it considers clothiers as entrepreneurs and early capitalists, employing workers and even establishing early factories; it also looks at their family backgrounds and their roles as patrons of church rebuilding and charitable activities. It is completed with extracts from clothiers' wills and a gazetteer of places to visit, making the book invaluable to academics, students, and local historians alike.\"-- Back cover.
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Reciprocity and Exchange in the Late Medieval Household
The great household in late medieval England was the principal focus not only of elite consumption but also of social exchange. Noble households modeled themselves upon the greatest establishment of all, the royal court—that “new house of houses principal of England” as theBlack Bookof Edward IV called it. The royal household was identified as the heart of the realm, embodying its virtue and reputation: in 1485 Henry VII’s parliament, passing the Act of Resumption, insisted, “Your Honorable Houshold ... must be kept and borne Worshipfully and Honorably, as it accordeth to the Honour of your Estate and
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