The essays here continue in the Journal's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines. Topics include evidence for dress in multicultural sixth-century Ravenna; the incidence of Byzantine and Oriental silks in ninth- to thirteenth-century Denmark; a new analysis of the chronology of and contexts for the French hood; an examination of the mysterious garment called a 'bliaut' in French literature; a discussion of the vocabulary and loan words in Italian/Anglo-Norman mercantile transactions; and revelations that fashions in body hair were an important feature of women's appearance.
Author(s): Robin Netherton, Gale R. Owen-Crocker (eds.)
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 200
City: Woodbridge
Illustrations page vi
Tables vii
Contributors viii
Preface x
1. Multicultural Clothing in Sixth-Century Ravenna / Olga Magoula 1
2. Byzantine and Oriental Silks in Denmark, 800–1200 / Anne Hedeager Krag 37
3. The 'Bliaut': An Examination of the Evidence in French Literary Sources / Monica L. Wright 61
4. Eyebrows, Hairlines, and “Hairs Less in Sight”: Female Depilation in Late Medieval Europe / John Block Friedman 81
5. Lexical Exchange with Italian in the Textile and Wool Trades in the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries / Megan Tiddeman 113
6. Hidden in Plain Black: The Secrets of the French Hood / Karen Margrethe Høskuldsson 141
Recent Books of Interest 179
Contents of Previous Volumes 183
