Overview

Pan-European research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. This volume continues the series' tradition of bringing together work on clothing and textiles from across Europe. It has a strong focus on gold: subjects include sixth-century German burials containing sumptuous jewellery and bands brocaded with gold; the textual evidence for recycling such gold borders and bands in the later Anglo-Saxon period; and a semantic classification of words relating to gold in multi-lingual medieval Britain. It also rescues significant archaeological textiles from obscurity: there is a discussion of early medieval headdresses from The Netherlands, and an examination of a fifteenth-century Italian cushion, an early example of piecework. Finally, uses of dress and textiles in literature are explored in a survey of the Welsh Mabinogion and Jean Renart's Roman de la Rose. Robin Netherton is a professional editor and a researcher/lecturer on the interpretationof medieval European dress; Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Brigitte Haas-Gebhard, Britt Nowak-Böck, Maren Clegg Hyer, Louise Sylvester, ChrystelBrandenburgh, Lisa Evans, Patricia Williams, Katherine Talarico.

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Author:   Robin Netherton (Author) ,  Gale R Owen-Crocker ,  Brigitte Haas-Gebhard ,  Britt Nowak-Böck
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.368kg
ISBN:  

9781843837367

ISBN 10:   1843837366
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   19 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface The Unterhaching Grave Finds: Richly Dressed Burials from Sixth-Century Bavaria - Brigitte Haas-Gebhard and Britt Nowak-Böck Old Finds Rediscovered: Two Early Medieval Headdresses from the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, the Netherlands - Chyrstel Brandenburgh Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Imagined and Reimagined Textiles in Anglo-Saxon England - Maren Clegg Hyer Mining for Gold: Investigating a Semantic Classification in the Lexis of Cloth and Clothing Project - Louise Sylvester Dress and Dignity in the Mabinogion - Patricia Williams Dressing for Success: How the Heroine's Clothing [Un]Makes the Man in Jean Renart's Roman de la Rose - Kathryn Marie Talarico Anomaly or Sole Survivor? The Impruneta Cushion and Early Italian ""Patchwork"" - Lisa Evans Recent Books of Interest Contents of Previous Volumes"

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A book to be recommended. COSTUME

A rewarding combination of archaeological, documentary, literary and representational evidence...which remains essential reading for anyone interested in this field of study. TEXT This series is an excellent forum for new research around the world in medieval textiles and dress and the papers merit wider reading. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY A book to be recommended. COSTUME

Author Information

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. 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.

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