Medieval Clothing and Textiles 6 (Hardcover)

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. This sixth volume of Medieval Clothing and Textiles ranges widely, as ever, across England and Europe. It presents two groundbreaking articles in novel areas of textile and dress scholarship: an introduction to a previouslyunexamined class of embroidery (decorative manuscript repair), and an English-language overview of scholarly research on historical dress in Latvia. Among the other topics considered in the volume are two very different listingsof clothing items from medieval Germany: an invented lexicon by the mystic Hildegard of Bingen, and an accounting of specific real garments worn by ordinary people and donated to finance the building of Strasbourg Cathedral. Papers also consider the mercantile world of clothing in medieval London: one gathers insight on dealers of secondhand clothing from the evidence of historical documents, while the other examines the social rise of the mercers in the light of their representation in literature, and their connections to the literary world. Further articles consider luxurious dress accessories with both worldly and spiritual significance, and analyse a French manual for Englishhousewives, illuminating the often-overlooked topic of home linen production. Contributors: Hilary Davidson, Ieva Pigozne, Valerie L. Garver, Christine Sciacca, Sarah L. Higley, William Sayers, Roger A. Ladd, Kate KelseyStaples, Charlotte A. Stanford

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Medieval Clothing and Textiles
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Robin Netherton (Author) • Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Contributors:	Charlotte Charlotte Stanford (Customer) • Christine Sciacca (Royalty Account) • Hilary Davidson • Ieva Pigozne • Kate Kelsey Staples (Contributor) • Roger A. Ladd (Contributor) • Sarah L. Higley (Contributor) • Valerie Garver (Contributor)
Dimensions:	256 x 150 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	174
ISBN-13:	978-1-84383-537-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Costume, clothes & fashion Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	1-84383-537-1
Barcode:	9781843835370

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