Omnia res mobilia: Polish Studies in Posthumous Inventories of Movable Property in the 16th-19th Century

CONTENTS: Movable Property of Poznan Townspeople, 18th c.: Study of the Structure of Domestic Equipment/ Domestic Equipment in 18th c. Middle-Class Households, Poznan/Warsaw [Areas of Housekeeping; Vessels; Food Preparation; Table Setting; Domestic Food Processing; Storage; Household Hygiene; Farming/Animal Husbandry]/ Metal Articles in Urban Households, 18th c. [Physical/Chemical Properties ; Metal Elements/Parts in Building Construction: -Gates/Doors -Windows, Transoms, Grilles, Railings/Balconies -Drain Pipes -Small Metal Fixtures - Fireplaces, Stoves, Hearths, Fire Irons; Metal Objects in Urban Households; Metal Objects in the Kitchen: -Tableware -Keeping Hygiene -Lighting -Religious Objects -Ornaments, Trinkets, Bric-a-brac -Metal Furniture Fittings -Tools, Implements, Farmyard Equipment; Middle Class Households]/ Old Articles Among the Movable Possessions of Townspeople, 18th c. Poznan/ Regestrum omnium rerum mobilium: Probate Inventories of the Polish Gentry as a Source for the Study of the Landed Society (The Case of Wielkopolska, 17th c.) [Chronology/Practice; The Ideal vs. Reality: -Basics -Composition of Wealth] / Introduction to the Study of Material Evidence on the Living Conditions of the Polish Clergy in the Post-Tridentine Era [Legal Basis/Practice of Will/Probate Inventory Making]/ Personal Effects of Elblag Poorhouse Inmates, 17th c. [Legacies in Poorhouse Economy]/ Furnishings/Furniture of Warsaw Houses, 19th c. (until the 1870s) [Houses of the Poor/Craftsmen's and Traders' Homes; Intelligentsia]/ Jewish Costume, 16th-18th c. Poland [Jewish Costume: The Mark of Ethnic Identity Influenced by the Polish Costume; Jewish Costume in the 17th & 1st Half of the 18th c.; Jewish Costume in the 2nd Half of the 18th c.]/ Evolution of the Polish National Costume from 1530 until 1795 [Definition of National Costume; Periodization of National Costume; Spread of the National Costume/West European Fashion: An Attempt at Regionalization]