Book contents
- Making Merchants
- Making Merchants
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Currencies and Monetary Values
- Introduction
- Part I The Selbstzeugnisse in Context
- Part II The Merchants’ Selbstzeugnisse
- Part III Merchants in the Round
- 10 Renaissance Men
- 11 The Performance of Manhood
- 12 Capitalism and Class
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Renaissance Men
from Part III - Merchants in the Round
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
Book contents
- Making Merchants
- Making Merchants
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Currencies and Monetary Values
- Introduction
- Part I The Selbstzeugnisse in Context
- Part II The Merchants’ Selbstzeugnisse
- Part III Merchants in the Round
- 10 Renaissance Men
- 11 The Performance of Manhood
- 12 Capitalism and Class
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Although the merchants under study spent much of their career in commerce or in positions associated with it, they also evidenced cultural interests and accomplishments that signaled their membership in the broader culture of the Renaissance. In addition to interest in music, philosophy, and literature, they also invested in dress and the rituals of gift-giving in ways that were characteristic of Renaissance society.
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- Making MerchantsThe Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany, pp. 145 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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