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Record Number: 3385 Author(s)/Creator(s): Stuard , Susan Mosher. Contributor(s): Title: Gravitas and Consumption [The author explores why the "sapientes," the leaders of Venice and Florence, regulated consumption for their wives, daughters and sons but not for themselves]. Source: Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities: Men in the Medieval West.  Edited by Jacqueline Murray.  Garland Medieval Casebooks, volume 25. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, volume 2078. Garland Publishing, 1999.  Pages 215 - 242. Republished in Considering Medieval Women and Gender. Susan Mosher Stuard. Ashgate Variorum, 2010. Chapter IV. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Consumption Economics Elite Men Fashion Florence Luxury Trade Masculinity Sumptuary Laws Venice Award Note: Geographic Area: Italy Century: 14- 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Two Figures. Figure One Silver reliquary from the Treasury of St. Mark, Venice. Fourteenth century. The author points out that the male figure wears a military-inspired short tunic with buttons. Figure Two School of Giotto, "Vision of Zachariah," fourteenth century fresco. The author points out that the chief male figure wears a sumptuous long robe with a decorative boarder. Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Haverford College Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1999. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0815330308

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