McSheffrey, Shannon
Putter, Ad
Editorial: Boydell & Brewer
Colección: Medieval and Renaissance Clothing and Textiles ; 6
Número de páginas: 176 págs. 15.6 x 23.4 cm
Fecha de edición: 31-08-2023
EAN: 9781837650804
ISBN: 978-1-83765-080-4
Precio (sin IVA): 26,73 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 27,80 €
At the end of the Middle Ages, a group of hatmakers from the Low Countries migrated across the North Sea to London. These men brought with them new skills and technologies, unknown to English artisans, becoming the first to manufacture brimmed felts hats in England. However, though their wares were immediately popular with English consumers, from courtiers to ordinary people, they faced an economic environment in London that restricted and sometimes completely disallowed the production and retail of their goods. In the early years of the sixteenth century, the hatmakers' desire to remain independent from regulation and governance by London civic guilds led to their formation of a craft association of their own.