Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-264) and index
Contents:
Introduction: Foregrounding the background -- Illuminating the late Medieval servant -- Servants without masters -- The personal servant -- Paper servants -- The material servant -- Conclusions: Intersectionality and invisibility
Summary:
"The first book-length study of both images of ordinary household workers and their material culture, Household Servants and Slaves: A Visual History, 1300-1700 covers four hundred years and four continents, facilitating a better understanding of the changes in service that occurred as Europe developed a monetary economy, global trade, and colonialism. Diane Wolfthal presents new interpretations of artists including the Limbourg brothers, Albrecht D