RT Journal Article
T1 The Transformation of Private Space in the Later Middle Ages: Rooms and Living Standards in the Kingdom of Valencia (1280-1450)
A1 Almenar Fernández, Luis
A1 Belenguer González, Antonio
AB This article undertakes a quantitative and qualitative analysis of probate inventories from a selection of towns and highly urbanized areas from the kingdom of Valencia in the period 1280-1460, which are used to explore the inner distribution of more than 300 housings. Agreeing with the historiographical statement that this period was one of general improvement as to living standards and housing, this article reveals Valencian dwellings were provided with more specialized rooms since the late fourteenth century. This phenomenon was present particularly in the residences of townspeople living in large urban centers. Despite the predominant spatial simplicity of most late medieval housings, this article suggests more people enjoyed a more complex private space, which agreed with the needs of ostentation and privacy that characterized the new domestic culture that developed in the period.
PB Sage
SN 0096-1442
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95999
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95999
LA eng
NO Almenar Fernández, Luis, y Antonio Belenguer González. «The Transformation of Private Space in the Later Middle Ages: Rooms and Living Standards in the Kingdom of Valencia (1280-1450)». Journal of Urban History 48, n.o 4 (julio de 2022): 782-806. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144220967990.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025