Description of S1103, and a depiction of its sponsor, Margaret Wood Hassan.

S1103
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Also seen with food. The number of opulent courses (here: 10, which was compared to Florence).
However, not only quantity, but also variety was important.
Material culture -via quantity and variety - was used to separate from "the others".
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Interestingly, quantity and not only quality may also be seen as a way of "showing off" prestige.
An example: the number of folds in veils.
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Gerhard Jaritz wraps the panel up: Separating from the Others: The 'Laws' of Urban Material Culture.
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In modern times, belts turned to more practical uses. However, carrying bags on their belt was a privilege (hopefully, I understood that correctly).
In "folk costumes", belts are also prominent. However, these objects of powere were only for adults!
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Illyrian belt plates show authority by their intricacies. Extremely detailed and ornamented.
There are also golden belt buckets from the 9th century, which emphasize that hypothesis. Among many other later belts either made of silver or gold.

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Next: Etleva Lala on Belts as an object of power in the Albanian Culture.
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The practical advise in the text was never intended for use, but to utter exact commands.
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Michael argues how food and household authority went hand-in-hand.
Yet, what is the aim of that manual?
Increasing the prosperity, gain friends, preserve your possessions.
They want to "keep the social status".
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Michael incorporates recent research by Greco and Rose.
Concerning obedience, it is rather contradictory in itself. Is the husband the "master" or the wife?
Food: 400 recipes, they turned noble recipes into bourgeois ones.
They were also told to team up.
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The Ménagier is a rather interesting guidebook to two specific women. An older husband wrote to his fifteen year old wife. Paternalistic, yet not misogynistic.
"It's demarcating boundaries to lower and higher classes"
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Stage@Leeds opens up soon. Entering the stage: Etleva Lala, Michael Brauer, Gerhard Jaritz and Éloise Adde. Let's listen to some well-known voices.
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