Wedding trousseaus and cloth consumption in Catalonia around 1300
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Between 1230 and 1315 a large amount of F lemish northern rench cloth reached the market V ic, medium‐sized C atalan town to north B arcelona. Descriptions from sample over 1,000 wedding trousseaus reveal that common people were quite familiar with wide selection fabrics manufacturing centres such as ruges, S aint‐ O mer, A rras, hâlons, by end thirteenth century D enis, P aris, Y pres, N arbonne. Northern had travelled kilometres before it stalls reflecting efficiency commercial networks in bringing commodities across E urope at reasonable transportation cost. Marriage contracts this period specify identity most frequent purchasers these fabrics, women would wear them, tailored capes or tunics. was purchased all social groups, not just wealthy elite: even peasant households used for their daughters' dresses. All all, provide exceptional evidence how commercialized both urban rural populations become society eager buy imported commodities.
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