{"product_id":"9781626361812","title":"Manners, Customs, and Dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance Period","description":"First published in 1876, \u003ci\u003eManners, Customs, and Dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance Period\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating glimpse into the art and lifestyles of the people of the Middle Ages and Renaissance era. Complete with hundreds of illustrations from wooden engravings and more than a dozen replications of beautifully intricate chromolithographic prints, this resurrected classic is rich with history and retains its ancient appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs articulated in the Preface: “Art must be the faithful expression of a society, since it represents it by its works as it has created them . . . But it must be acknowledged that art is only the consequence of the ideas which is expresses; it is the fruit of civilization, not its origin.” This exploration of a cultural movement and the arts and behaviors of its people extends through chapters on the condition of persons and lands; privileges and rights; food and cookery; games and pastimes; commerce; taxes, money, and finance; secret tribunals; punishments; costumes; and more. Within these pages, experience the social and artistic revolution born through the Renaissance and told by a renowned historian of the period.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148908151024,"sku":"9781626361812","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626361812_p0.jpg?v=1763864958","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626361812","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}