Medieval Clothing and Textiles 7
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192 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

22 b/w illus.

Series: Medieval Clothing and Textiles

Imprint: Boydell Press

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 7

Edited by Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker

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

This year's volume focuses largely on the British Isles, with papers on dress terms in the Middle English Pearl; a study of a thirteenth-century royal bride's trousseau, based on unpublished documents concerning King HenryIII's Wardrobe; an investigation into the "open surcoat" referenced in the multilingual texts of late medieval England; and, based on customs accounts, a survey of cloth exports from late medieval London and the merchants who profited from them.
Commercial trading of cloth is also the subject of a study of fifteenth-century brokers' books, revealing details of types, designs, and regulation of the famous silks from Lucca, Italy. Another paper focuseson art, reconsidering the incidence of frilled veils in the Low Countries and adopting an innovative means of analysis to question the chronology, geographical diversity, and social context of this style.

Robin Netherton is a professional editor and a researcher/lecturer on the interpretation of medieval European dress; Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester.

Contributors: Benjamin L.Wild, Isis Sturtewagen, Kimberly Jack, Mark Chambers, Eleanor Quinton, John Oldland, Christine Meek
Preface
The Empress's New Clothes: A Rotulus Pannorum of Isabella, Sister of King Henry III, Bride of Emperor Frederick II - Benjamin L. Wild
Unveiling Social Fashion Patterns: A Case Study of Frilled Veils in the Low Countries [1200-1500] - Isis Sturtewagen
What Is the Pearl-Maiden Wearing, and Why? - Kimberly Jack
"Hys surcote was ouert": The "Open Surcoat" in Late Medieval British Texts - Mark Chambers
London Merchants' Cloth Exports, 1350-1500 - Eleanor Quinton and John Oldland
Laboreria Sete: Design and Production of Lucchese Silks in the Late Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries - Christine Meek
Recent Books of Interest
Contents of Previous Volumes

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.

"The eclectic but loosely connected contents of Volume 7 do expand our knowledge of the vagaries and importance of cloth and clothing to the medieval world; as such their appeal goes far beyond the confines of textile historians." JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

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Title Details

192 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

22 b/w illus.

Series: Medieval Clothing and Textiles

Imprint: Boydell Press