Medieval Clothing and TextilesRobin Netherton, Gale R. Owen-Crocker Boydell Press, 2013 - 182 Seiten The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. Topics in this volume range widely throughout the European middle ages. Three contributions concern terminology for dress. Two deal with multicultural medieval Apulia: an examination of clothing terms in surviving marriage contracts from the tenth to the fourteenth century, and a close focus on an illuminated document made for a prestigious wedding. Turning to Scandinavia, there is an analysis of clothing materials from Norway and Sweden according to gender and social distribution. ROBIN NETHERTON is a professional editor and a researcher/lecturer on the interpretation of medieval European dress; GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER is Emerita Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Antonietta Amati, Eva I. Andersson, John Block Friedman, Susan James, John Oldland, Lucia Sinisi, Mark Zumbuhl |
Inhalt
1 Bridal Gifts in Medieval Bari | 1 |
2 The Marriage of the Year 1028 | 45 |
3 Clothing as Currency in PreNorman Ireland? | 55 |
4 Cistercian Clothing and Its Production at Beaulieu Abbey 126970 | 73 |
5 Clothing and Textile Materials in Medieval Sweden and Norway | 97 |
6 The Iconography of Dagged Clothing and Its Reception by Moralist Writers | 121 |
Imagery Placement and Ownership | 139 |
Recent Books of Interest | 161 |
Contents of Previous Volumes | 167 |