Documents financiers et histoire de la culture matérielle : les textiles dans les comptes des hôtels royaux et nobiliaires (France et Angleterre, XIIe-XVe siècle)

Abstract

The household accounts of mediaeval royalty and nobility have long been acknowledged and used by historians as sources for the study of clothing, court life and trade. French and English documents show many similarities, and the many aspects of material culture which both countries shared in the later Middle Ages make a comparative study possible. With regard to the history of textiles, the disparities in previous research and the difficulties inherent to the exploitation both of household accounts and of the complementary evidence found in inventories, raise a number of methodological questions about the best way to use such sources. In particular, the problems caused by incoherent terminology still make the whole field of study a minefield. Nevertheless several avenues of researchmay be suggested, which would make it possible to shed light on the chronology of textile manufacturing and on marketing structures.

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