Medieval Clothing and Textiles 14 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781783273089)

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 H skuldsson, Olga Magoula, Megan Tiddeman, Monica L. Wright

Author: Robin Netherton
ISBN-10: 1783273089
ISBN-13: 9781783273089
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2018
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d