Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London: Consumption and Domesticity After the Plague

by Katherine L French and Katherine L. French

The Black Death that arrived in the spring of 1348 eventually killed nearly half of England's population. In its long aftermath, wages in London rose in response to labor shortages, many survivors moved into larger quarters in the depopulated city, and people in general spent more money on food, clothing, and household furnishings than they had before. Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London looks at how this increased...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812253051
• ISBN13: 9780812253054
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"