Medieval Clothing and Textiles 18

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

The essays collected here continue the Journal's wide-ranging and eclectic tradition. Topics include literary evidence for linen armour; serial production in late medieval silks; the inventory of Isabella Bruce's bridal goods; the depiction of women textile workers in the frescoes of the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, Italy; ideal female beauty in the Middle Ages and the means used to attain and assess it; and social status as evidenced by clothing and textiles in the Scottish royal treasurer's accounts of the mid-sixteenth century.

Product details

• Assisted by: Cordelia Warr (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781837651856
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-185-6
• No. of pages: 203
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: 15 graphs, 29 colour and 10 b/w illus.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages