Early Modern History
Miraculous Things: The Culture of Consumerism in the Renaissance
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:44:46
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Synopsis
Martha Howell, professor of history at Columbia University and the R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow, discusses the meaning attached to goods—both humble and luxurious—during the Renaissance. The era is considered by many to be the first age of commercial globalism.