A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Medieval Age

Professor Sarah-Grace Heller (Ohio State University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
15 April 2021

Fashion design & theory; History of fashion; Fashion & society

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

During the medieval period, people invested heavily in looking good.

The finest fashions demanded careful chemistry and compounds imported from great distances and at considerable risk to merchants; the Church became a major consumer of both the richest and humblest varieties of cloth, shoes, and adornment; and vernacular poets began to embroider their stories with hundreds of verses describing a plethora of dress styles, fabrics, and shopping experiences.

Drawing on a wealth of pictorial, textual and object sources, the volume examines how dress cultures developed – often to a degree of dazzling sophistication – between the years 800 to 1450.

Beautifully illustrated with 90 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period with essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, visual representations, and literary representations.

Edited by: Professor Sarah-Grace Heller (Ohio State University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781350204713
ISBN 10: 1350204714
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 April 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah-Grace Heller is Associate Professor at the Ohio State University, USA, specialising in French and Occitan medieval literature.