{"product_id":"9781350580824","title":"Seals and the Culture of Sealing in Medieval England","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSeals and the Culture of Sealing in Medieval England\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElizabeth A. New\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ Norman Conquest to Late Medieval\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book provides a highly illustrated exploration of late medieval English society and culture through the prism of seals and sealing practices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on over twenty years work and a range of historical and scientific methodologies, \u003ci\u003eSeals and the Culture of Sealing in Medieval England\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which men and women, especially from the under-investigated middling and lower levels of society, used seals as a means of identification and representation, and investigates sealing practices in relation to social, cultural, and legal interactions and exchange. The book also considers agency, performance, technology, and trade, as revealed through the matrices and the wax mixture into which seals were impressed, and the places in which the act of sealing was carried out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  As Elizabeth A. New explains, seals in medieval England acted in a similar way to modern signatures, credit cards, and logos, and were as familiar a part of everyday life as these things are to us. Yet seals conveyed far more than signing your name or wearing a designer brand, with these dense little packages of image and text identifying and representing individuals from royalty to peasants, as well as offices and institutions. New convincingly argues that seals conveyed carefully constructed messages about power, status, occupation, family, humour, piety, and connections from the very local to the international, and that these small but powerful objects can provide us with fresh perspectives on medieval society as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eElizabeth A. New\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Medieval History at Aberystwyth University, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSeals and Sealing Practices\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350580824\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333863014540,"sku":"9781350580824","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350580824","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}