The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing
from a range of disciplines. The essays here continue in the
Journal's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines. Topics
include evidence for dress in multicultural sixth-century Ravenna;
the incidence of Byzantine and Oriental silks in ninth-
tothirteenth-century Denmark; a new analysis of the chronology of
and contexts for the French hood; an examination of the mysterious
garment called a bliaut in French literature; a discussion of the
vocabulary and loan wordsin Italian/Anglo-Norman mercantile
transactions; and revelations that fashions in body hair were an
important feature of women's appearance. Contributors: John Block
Friedman, Anne Hedeager Krag, Karen Margrethe Høskuldsson, Olga
Magoula, Megan Tiddeman, Monica L. Wright
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