Golden Times: Wealth and Status in the Middle Ages

by Peter Stabel, Veronique Lambert, Tim Soens

Today's world is the product of the late middle ages. In what is now called 'Flanders', a new kind of man emerged. A practical man, an entrepreneur, a critical man who no longer believed what church and nobility tried to tell him. He discovers the world, creates, produces and innovates. In this book young researchers take us back to the middle ages. With attention for top works of art and unknown gems.

This art book has a fresh academic point of the economical history of the middle ages from the viewpoint of different social groups, with surprising results on clichéd thoughts such as the passive countryside, the dark middle ages and the role of women in society.

Peter Stabel teaches social and economic history of the middle ages at Antwerp University. He was a guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania and Sorbonne in Paris. Véronique Lambert is a doctor in history. Her publications are about national identity, history and diplomacy in the middle ages. Since 2015 she has focused on historical research, publications, cultural projects and communication.

336 pages, Hardcover

Published August 31, 2016