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Medieval Clothing and Textiles 9
Robin Netherton (Ed.)
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Description for Medieval Clothing and Textiles 9
Hardback.
The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. Topics in this volume range widely throughout the European middle ages. Three contributions concern terminology for dress. Two deal with multicultural medieval Apulia: an examination of clothing terms in surviving marriage contracts from the tenth to the fourteenth century, and a close focus on an illuminated document made for a prestigious wedding. Turning to Scandinavia, there is an analysis of clothing materials from Norway and Sweden according to gender and social distribution. Further papers consider the economic uses of cloth and clothing: ... Read more
The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. Topics in this volume range widely throughout the European middle ages. Three contributions concern terminology for dress. Two deal with multicultural medieval Apulia: an examination of clothing terms in surviving marriage contracts from the tenth to the fourteenth century, and a close focus on an illuminated document made for a prestigious wedding. Turning to Scandinavia, there is an analysis of clothing materials from Norway and Sweden according to gender and social distribution. Further papers consider the economic uses of cloth and clothing: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838562
SKU
V9781843838562
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99-50
About Robin Netherton (Ed.)
Robin Netherton is a costume historian specializing in Western European clothing of the Middle Ages and its interpretation by artists and historians. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and ... Read more
Reviews for Medieval Clothing and Textiles 9
A well chosen selection of articles...continuing the high standard we have come to expect from this publication.
TEXT
The strength of this volume lies in how the articles draw together disparate scholars' work, presenting vignettes of research for wider consumption.
PARERGON
Essential reading not only for those interested in historic costumes and textiles but also for ... Read more
TEXT
The strength of this volume lies in how the articles draw together disparate scholars' work, presenting vignettes of research for wider consumption.
PARERGON
Essential reading not only for those interested in historic costumes and textiles but also for ... Read more