Thomas Ertl & Barbara Karl 
Inventories of Textiles – Textiles in Inventories 
Studies on Late Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

Inventories are among the oldest documents to survive from ancient times. Textiles take an important place within them and inform – among other things – about value, context of use, material, fashion, trade or techniques. This is all the more relevant, as textiles were then the most important trade goods after bullion and food. The articles of this volume focus on the time between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. They represent different approaches to this fascinating topic whose social framework includes popes, kings, merchants and farmers.

About the author

Thomas Ertl war von 2011 bis 2017 Professor für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des Mittelalters an der Universität Wien. Seit Oktober 2018 lehrt er an der Freien Universität Berlin die Geschichte des hohen und späten Mittelalters.