The Power of Peasant Consumers

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The Material Culture of Food in the Late Medieval Kingdom of Valencia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Av Luis Almenar Fernández, Luis Almenar Fernández, Luis (University of Valencia) Almenar Fernandez

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The long-held view of the peasantry as a passive social group has gradually been replaced by a positive narrative that stresses peasant agency in economic, social, and even political terms. Contributing to this shift, Luis Almenar Fernández explores the objects that peasants used to store, cook, and serve their food in late medieval Valencia. Drawing on a range of archival, visual, material, and literary evidence from c. 1280 to c. 1460, the book examines the materiality of food to shed light on the consumer behaviour of agriculturalists during pivotal economic, social, and material transformation. It builds on discussions about changes in living standards, consumption patterns, and material culture in pre-industrial European societies. The materiality of food improved significantly among Valencian peasants during this period. This phenomenon had widespread implications for the economy and underpinned the development of new industries, contributing to the economic growth of this prominent Mediterranean polity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-12-11
Mått157 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt730 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Antal sidor384
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009602440

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Money and measures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Material Culture: 2. Peasant homes, meals, and times; 3. Storage; 4. Cuisine and cooking techniques; 5. Eating and drinking; Part II. Consumption: 6. Exploring inventories quantitatively; 7. Specialisation and diversification; 8. The revolution in semidurable goods; 9. Regional traditions in the material culture of food; 10. Peasant and 'non-peasant' consumption: the role of occupation, place of residence, and gender; Part III. Standards of Living; 11. Peasant incomes; 12. Prices of food-related objects; 13. Expenditure on consumption; 14. Inequality and consumption; Part IV. The Logic of Peasant Consumer Behaviour: 15. Emulation and assimilation; 16. Conclusion.