Global Gold
Aesthetics, Material Desires, Economies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Published:31st May '24
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Gold as a material and gold as a value becomes a truly universal equivalent in the early modern world as global economies begin to emerge after 1492. The essays in Global Gold present both the aesthetic and economic conditions that immediately precede the emergence of this global commerce as well as the immediate and various consequences of those interactions. Through interdisciplinary essays by scholars of European, American, African, and Asian history and art history, the differences and commonalities of gold’s monetary, economic, and aesthetic roles are explored within the crucible of a unique historical period of transition, conquest, and the exploitation of natural and human resources.
This richly illustrated collection of essays makes a significant contribution to the ‘material turn’ in cultural history and speaks to scholars and students across various disciplines. -- Matteo Soranzo * Renaissance and Reformation *
Explores the importance of gold in different and diverse societies from generally the fourteenth to the sixteenth century…a great contribution on the regional and global importance of gold at that time. -- Iván Rivero Hernández * Hispanic American Historical Review *
ISBN: 9780674296176
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200 pages