Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress: Objects, Texts, Images

Bys: Desiree G. Koslin and Janet Ellen Snyder

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging study of costume history contributors explore fashion, textiles, and the representation of clothing in the middle ages. Essays combine the perspectives of archaeology, art history, economics, religion, costume history, material culture, and literary criticism and explore materials from England, France, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, and Ireland. The collection focuses on multiple aspects of textiles and dress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230602355
• ISBN13: 9780230602359
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"