Material culture research has become an increasingly important aspect of the study of medieval and early modern societies, yet its study often remains uncoordinated and confined to narrow subject specific boundaries. As such, scholars will welcome this volume which provides an overview of various methodological strands currently developing across a
'This research represents an important step toward the further affirmation of material culture studies... It also has potential to benefit other fields greatly and is a "must read" for students of medieval and early-modern history and culture' - Journal of Folklore Research
'In sum, this lively and informative volume offers a series of swift sketches of objects in everyday life' - Journal of British Studies
'... this is a remarkably coherent and fulsome collection that has something for anyone interested in this field' - Sixteenth Century Journal
'The book will [...] be of great interest to anyone working at the cusp of the Middle Ages and the early modern era, but it also has much to draw the attention of other medievalists, particularly in terms of methodology... this book should attract the attention of scholars interested in material culture in any period or place' - The Medieval Review
'Overall, the essays are engaging and thought-provoking, examining a wide range of objects and the functions, attitudes and ideas related to them' - Material Religion
'The information that this collection provides restores some of the luster and meaning to goods that once stood in the chests, sideboards, and wardrobes of medieval and early modern households. The editors have done an excellent job of making sense of this highly diverse but always fascinating material world' - The Historian
'And so Everyday Objects, which has so ably and adroitly focused on the importance of things themselves (seeking to free them from the strictures and generalizations of established narratives and interpretations), invites us, by its very success in doing what it intended, to acknowledge and more amply explore the historical condition of being as, in large part, the act of having and living by' - Journal of Social History
