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Book SynopsisThe best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a variety of angles and approaches. The essays in this volume continue the Journal's tradition of groundbreaking interdisciplinary work. The volume opens with a survey of the discipline of medieval clothing and textiles, written by founding editor Gale R. Owen-Crocker. The range of the other essays extends chronologically from the early Middle Ages through the fifteenth century and covers a variety of disciplines. Topics include the conception of the author as a "wordweaver" in the literatures of Anglo-Saxon England; intertextual literary identities established through clothing in the Nibelungenlied and the Völsunga Saga; the historical record of clothing and textiles at the court of King John of England; medallion silks, their use in Western Europe, and their representation in art; the vestments of Beguines and other penitential movements in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; and a depiction of heraldic textile weaving inlate-medieval art. Contributors: Tina Anderlini, Joanne W. Anderson, Maren Clegg Hyer, Alejandra Concha Sahli, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Elizabeth M. Swedo, Hugh Thomas
Trade ReviewThe seven articles in this issue exhibit the excellent scholarship for which the series is known. * PARERGON *
The seven chapters provide eloquent and compelling testimony to the existence of a deeply embedded and vibrant fashion system throughout the Middle Ages. The breadth and precision of scholarship contained in this volume underscores the importance of the Medieval Clothing and Textiles project to all people working and interested in dress, irrespective of chronology. * JOURNAL OF DRESS HISTORY *
Table of ContentsPreface Old Rags, New Responses: Medieval Dress and Textiles - Gale R. Owen-Crocker Text/Textile: "Wordweaving" in the Literatures of Anglo-Saxon England - Maren Clegg Hyer Unfolding Identities: The Intertextual Roles of Clothing in the Nibelungenlied and Völsunga Saga - Elizabeth M. Swedo Clothing and Textiles at the Court of King John of England, 1199-1216 - Hugh M Thomas Dressing the Sacred: Medallion Silks and their Use in Western Medieval Europe - Tina Anderlini Habit Envy: Extra-Religious Groups, Attire, and the Search for Legitimation Outside the Institutionalized Religious Orders - Alejandra Concha Sahli The Loom, the Lady and her Family Chapels: Weaving Identity in Late Medieval Art - Joanne W. Anderson Recent Books of Interest
