Overview

The study of medieval clothing and textiles has aroused great attention in recent years, as part of the growing concern in material culture as a whole; apart from its own intrinsic interest, it has much to reveal about life at the time. This exciting new series aims to offer all those interested in the subject the fruits of the best research in the area. Interdisciplinary in approach, it will feature work from the fields of social and economic history, history of techniques and technology, art history, archaeology, literary and non-literary texts, and language, while experimental reconstruction of medieval techniques or artifacts will also form a particular focus. The contents of each volume are selected to cover a broad geographical scope, as well as a range of periods from early medieval to the late Middle Ages. The journal also publishes short reviews of new books. Topics in this first volume include Anglo-Saxon embroidery; textiles and textile imagery in the Exeter Book; the tippet; the regulation of clerical dress; and evidence for dress and textiles in late medieval English wills. ROBIN NETHERTON is a costume historian. Her research focuses on Western European clothing between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER is Senior Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester. She has a special interest in dress throughout the medieval period - she advises on dress entries to the Toronto Old English Dictionary and has consulted for many museums and television companies.

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Author:   Robin Netherton (Author) ,  Professor Gale R. Owen-Crocker ,  Carla Tilghman (Customer) ,  Elizabeth Coatsworth
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9781843831235

ISBN 10:   1843831236
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   23 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Stitches in Time: Establishing a History of Anglo-Saxon Embroidery - Elizabeth Coatsworth Textiles and Textile Imagery in the Exeter Book - Maren Clegg Hyer Pomp, Piety, and Keeping the Woman in her Place: The Dress of Cnut and Ælfgifu-Emma - Gale R. Owen-Crocker Wrapped in a Blue Mantle: Fashions for Icelandic Slayers? - Sandra Ballif Straubhaar The Orientation of Strikers in Medieval Fulling Mills: The Role of the `French' Gualchiera - John Muendel Bad Habits: Clothing and Textile References in the Register of Eudes Rigaud, Archbishop of Rouen - Susan Carroll-Clark Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)(d. 1464) - Thomas M. Izbicki The Tippet: Accessory after the Fact? - Robin Netherton Threads Bared: Dress and Textiles in Late Medieval English Wills - Kristen M. Burkholder Giovanna Cenami's Veil: A Neglected Detail - Carla Tilghman

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Robin Netherton is a costume historian specializing in Western European clothing of the Middle Ages and its interpretation by artists and historians. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. MAREN CLEGG HYER teaches at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. She specializes in researching textiles and other elements of material culture in the literary imagery of early medieval England. Robin Netherton is a costume historian specializing in Western European clothing of the Middle Ages and its interpretation by artists and historians.

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