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Clothing Culture, 1350-1650 (Paperback)
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Clothing Culture, 1350-1650 (Paperback)
Series: The History of Retailing and Consumption
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Addressing the subject of clothing in relation to such fundamental
issues as national identity, social distinction, gender, the body,
religion and politics, Clothing Culture, 1350-1650 provides a
springboard into one of the most fascinating yet least understood
aspects of social and cultural history. Nowhere in medieval and
early modern European society was its hierarchical and social
divisions more obviously reflected than in the sphere of clothing.
Indeed, one of the few constant themes of writers, chroniclers,
diarists and commentators from Chaucer to Pepys was the subject of
fashion and clothes. Whether it was lauding the magnificence of
court, warning against the vanity of fashion, describing the latest
modes, or decrying the habit of the lower orders to ape the dress
of their social superiors, people throughout history have been
fascinated by the symbolism, power and messages that clothes can
project. Yet despite this contemporary interest, clothing as a
subject of historical enquiry has been a largely neglected field of
academic study. Whilst it has been discussed in relation to various
disciplines, it has not in many cases found a place as a central
topic of analysis in its own right. The essays presented in this
volume form part of a growing recent trend to put fashion and
clothing back into the centre ground of historical research. From
Russia to Rome, Ireland to France, this volume contains a wealth of
examples of the numerous ways clothing was shaped by, and helped to
shape, medieval and early modern European society. Furthermore, it
demonstrates how the study of clothing can illuminate other facets
of life and why it deserves to be treated as a central, rather than
peripheral, facet of European history.
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