Medieval Clothing And Textiles

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines and with a special focus on reconstruction.

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

Scraps of clothing and other textiles are among the most evocative items to be discovered by archaeologists, signalling as they do their owner's status and concerns.

The study of medieval clothing and textiles reveals much about the history of our material culture, as well as social, economic and cultural history as a whole. This book makes use of archaeological finds and text references in order to examine this history, providing on overview of historic fashions.

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

In this wide-ranging study of costume history contributors explore fashion, textiles, and the representation of clothing in the middle ages. Essays combine the perspectives of archaeology, art history, economics, religion, costume history, material culture, and literary criticism and explore materials from England, France, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, and Ireland. The collection focuses on multiple aspects of textiles and dress - their making, meaning, and representation - and explores the impact of international trade and other forms of cultural exchange.

A clear and accessibly written guide to the medieval cloth-making trade in England.