Tag: early modern economy
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The Social Life of Sugar in the Dutch Republic
Ritual, display, and moral meaning in the seventeenth century In the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, sweetness was more than a matter of taste. Sugar shaped social ritual, domestic practice, artistic representation,…
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Appraisals, value and women: financial agency
Originally in Wendela Magazine In the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, jewellery was a financial asset, a marker of status, and a way to secure wealth across generations. Especially to women, the…
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