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Wednesday 23 April 2014 16.30 - 18.30
F-4 ANT03 Pre-industrial Textile Industry in a Comparative Perspective.
Elise Richtersaal first floor
Network: Antiquity Chair: Paul Erdkamp
Organizers: Ruben Menten-Plesters, Research Network Structural Determinants of Economic Performance in the Roman World (SDEP) Discussant: Paul Erdkamp
Kerstin Droß-Krüpe : Supply and Demand - Textile Economics in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Focussing on documentary papyri from Roman Egypt this paper examines the manufacturing process for textiles. Especially these texts have been very effective for the analysis of economic questions, being the only way of providing an unfiltered view of real life circumstances of all population classes in the Roman province Aegyptus. ... (Show more)
Focussing on documentary papyri from Roman Egypt this paper examines the manufacturing process for textiles. Especially these texts have been very effective for the analysis of economic questions, being the only way of providing an unfiltered view of real life circumstances of all population classes in the Roman province Aegyptus. Only with the help of these texts is it possible to extract immediate and unbiased information regarding business relations, prices, the assumed market, ways of procurement and the network between producer, distributor and consumer. Apart from that production times will be considered to gain a vivid impression of the actual money earned in this economic sector. (Show less)

Yaacov Lev : "The Textile Consumption of the Fatimid Court (10th-12th c.) and the Textile Industries of Egypt"
At this stage I can offer the following short abstract: The Fatimid period saw a huge expansion in the consumption of textile by the Fatimid rulers, who made extensive use of textiles for internal and external purposes. The textile industry underwent many changes to meet this demand, and growing of ... (Show more)
At this stage I can offer the following short abstract: The Fatimid period saw a huge expansion in the consumption of textile by the Fatimid rulers, who made extensive use of textiles for internal and external purposes. The textile industry underwent many changes to meet this demand, and growing of flax and trade in textiles came to play an significant part in the economic life of the country. (Show less)

Ruben Menten-Plesters : Social Relations in the Textile Industry of Roman Egypt
The social position of people working in the textile industry in the medieval and early modern period has often been discussed. The position of these artisans is important as a part of the larger social context where the production and distribution of textiles take place. In the case of Roman ... (Show more)
The social position of people working in the textile industry in the medieval and early modern period has often been discussed. The position of these artisans is important as a part of the larger social context where the production and distribution of textiles take place. In the case of Roman Egypt it is possible to conduct a similar research through the different apprenticeship contracts that were found amongst the papyri. By comparing these with the sources we have from medieval and early modern Europe it is possible to answer questions that we cannot answer solely on the basis of the available papyrological and archeological evidence. (Show less)

José Nieto Sanchez, Victoria López Barahona : The Costumes of Popular Classes in 18th Century Madrid
In the spring of 1766, the repression of the traditional popular wear triggered off the greatest social conflict ever in early-modern Madrid, the so-called “riot against Esquilache” (the latter being the name of the prime minister of King Carlos III). The banishment of long capes and wide-brim-hats, arguing that such ... (Show more)
In the spring of 1766, the repression of the traditional popular wear triggered off the greatest social conflict ever in early-modern Madrid, the so-called “riot against Esquilache” (the latter being the name of the prime minister of King Carlos III). The banishment of long capes and wide-brim-hats, arguing that such garments prevented the identification of those suspicious of conspiracy, was the last straw on people’s unrest, which had further deeper causes related to bread scarcity and price rising. This manifestation of collective violence reveals that clothing stood at the core of social relations during the early-modern age. How did common people of Madrid dress up? Why such an attachment to long capes and wide-brim hats? In order to answer these questions, there is a rich documentary supply available which comprises a number of probate inventories and dowries of people at marriage, which usually contain trousseaus; probate inventories of clothiers’ shops, indentures which specify the clothes that masters had to provide to their apprentices, and declarations of poverty that often give details of personal wardrobes. The systematic processing of these sources enables us to compare the official discourse with everyday experience, as well as to identify the changes and permanencies developed in labourers’ wardrobes. (Show less)



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