The Medieval Broadcloth: Changing Trends in Fashions, Manufacturing and Consumption

Author:   Kathrine Vestergard Pedersen ,  Marie-Louise Nosch
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   6
ISBN:  

9781842173817


Pages:   172
Publication Date:   19 November 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Kathrine Vestergard Pedersen ,  Marie-Louise Nosch
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9781842173817


ISBN 10:   1842173812
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   19 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction (Kathrine Vestergård Pedersen and Marie-Louise B. Nosch) Three Centuries of Luxury Textile Consumption in the Low Countries and England, 1330-1570: Trends and Comparisons of Real Values of Woollen Broadcloth (Then and Now) (John Munro) Some Aspects of Medieval Cloth Trade in the Baltic Sea Area (Carsten Jahnke) A Finnish Archaeological Perspective on Medieval Broadcloth (Heini Kirjavainen) Searching for Broadcloth in Tartu (14th -15th century) (Riina Rammo) The Influence of Hanseatic Trade on Textile Production in Medieval Poland (Jerzy Maik) Mengiað klæthe & tweskifte klædher. Marbled, Patterned and Parti-coloured Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Scandinavia (Camilla Luise Dahl) Archaeological Evidence of Multi-coloured Cloth and Clothing (Kathrine Vestergård Pedersen) Reconstructing 15th century Laken (Anton Reurink & Kathrine Vestergård Pedersen)

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An important contribution.' -- Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 6 Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 6 Copious tables and illustrations throughout the book enhance its readability considerably, as do the contributor biographies that help to place the subject matter of each paper in its academic context. This is a fine book, one which clearly illustrates how archaeology can complement written sources and how those sources can enhance the archaeology.' -- Medieval Archaeology Medieval Archaeology haeology ...this volume would compliment the library of a textile subject expert both as an English language reference to Baltic regional research and as a directional map for developing future large-scale research projects of a truly interdisciplinary nature.' -- Archaeological Review from Cambridge Archaeological Review from Cambridge


An important contribution.' -- Elizabeth Coatsworth Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 6, 2010 Copious tables and illustrations throughout the book enhance its readability considerably, as do the contributor biographies that help to place the subject matter of each paper in its academic context. This is a fine book, one which clearly illustrates how archaeology can complement written sources and how those sources can enhance the archaeology.' -- Philippa A. Henry Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 54, November 2010 ...this volume would compliment the library of a textile subject expert both as an English language reference to Baltic regional research and as a directional map for developing future large-scale research projects of a truly interdisciplinary nature.' -- Jaime D. Jennings Archaeological Review from Cambridge


An important contribution.' -- Elizabeth Coatsworth Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 6 2010 Copious tables and illustrations throughout the book enhance its readability considerably, as do the contributor biographies that help to place the subject matter of each paper in its academic context. This is a fine book, one which clearly illustrates how archaeology can complement written sources and how those sources can enhance the archaeology.' -- Philippa A. Henry Medieval Archaeology, vol 54 November 2010 ...this volume would compliment the library of a textile subject expert both as an English language reference to Baltic regional research and as a directional map for developing future large-scale research projects of a truly interdisciplinary nature.' -- Jaime D. Jennings Archaeological Review from Cambridge April 2011


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Marie-Louise Nosch is Research Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen and former Director of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen. She has published widely on the cross-cultural study of textiles from across the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, and is editor of many titles in Oxbow Book’s Ancient Textiles series.

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