The Dutch Hatmakers of Late Medieval and Tudor London: With an Edition of Their Bilingual Guild Ordinances

by Ad Putter and Shannon McSheffrey

At the end of the Middle Ages, a group of hatmakers from the Low Countries migrated across the North Sea to London. These men brought with them new skills and technologies, unknown to English artisans, becoming the first to manufacture brimmed felts hats in England. However, though their wares were immediately popular with English consumers, from courtiers to ordinary people, they faced an economic environment in London that restricted and sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1837650802
• ISBN13: 9781837650804
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"