Medieval Clothing and Textiles 14

by Robin Netherton

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783273089
• ISBN13: 9781783273089
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"