In the medieval age
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In the medieval age
（The cultural histories series, . A cultural history of dress and fashion / general editor,
Bloomsbury Academic, 2018-2019
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A cultural history of dress and fashion in the medieval age
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-224) and index
"First published in Great Britain 2017. Reprinted 2018, 2019"--T.p. verso
ISBN for subseries set: 9781472557490
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Description
During the medieval period, people invested heavily in looking good. The finest fashions demanded careful chemistry and compounds imported from great distances and at considerable risk to merchants; the Church became a major consumer of both the richest and humblest varieties of cloth, shoes, and adornment; and vernacular poets began to embroider their stories with hundreds of verses describing a plethora of dress styles, fabrics, and shopping experiences.
Drawing on a wealth of pictorial, textual and object sources, the volume examines how dress cultures developed - often to a degree of dazzling sophistication - between the years 800 to 1450.
Beautifully illustrated with 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period with essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, visual representations, and literary representations.
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Sarah-Grace Heller
Chapter 1 - Textiles
Elizabeth Coatsworth and Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Chapter 2 - Production and Distribution
Eva Andersson Strand and Sarah-Grace Heller
Chapter 3 - The Body
Guillemette Bolens and Sarah Brazil
Chapter 4 - Belief
Andrea Denny-Brown
Chapter 5 - Gender and Sexuality
E. Jane Burns
Chapter 6 - Status
Laurel Ann Wilson
Chapter 7 - Ethnicity
Michele Hayeur Smith
Chapter 8 - Visual Representations
Desiree Koslin
Chapter 9 - Literary Representations
Monica L. Wright
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
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