{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-furniture-in-the-middle-ages-and-renaissance-paperback","title":"A Cultural History of Furniture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErin J. Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephanie Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Middle Ages were marked by dramatic social, economic, political, and religious changes. Diverse regional and local conditions, and varied social classes - including peasant, artisan, merchant, clergy, nobility, and rulers - resulted in differing needs for furniture. The social settings for furniture included official and private residences both grand and humble, churches and monasteries, and civic institutions, including places of governance and learning, such as municipal halls, guild halls, and colleges. This volume of \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Furniture \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how furniture contributed to the social fabric within these varied spaces.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The chronological range of this volume extends from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the early Renaissance, a period which exhibited a wide array of types, styles, and motifs, including Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance. Rural and regional styles of furniture are also considered, as well as techniques of furniture manufacture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of design and motifs; makers, making, and materials; types and uses; the domestic setting; the public setting; exhibition and display; furniture and architecture; visual representations; and verbal representations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin J. Campbell \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Early Modern European Art, University of Victoria, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephanie R. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Art History, Coastal Carolina University, USA.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.62 x 6.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033051742383,"sku":"9781350595545","price":41.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/kZyGe9R11H9781350595545.webp?v=1781385362","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-furniture-in-the-middle-ages-and-renaissance-paperback","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}