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 in late-medieval art.
Author(s): Monica L. Wright, Robin Netherton, Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 216
City: Woodbridge
Illustrations page vi
Tables viii
Contributors ix
Preface xi
1. Old Rags, New Responses: Medieval Dress and Textiles / Gale R. Owen-Crocker 1
2. Text/Textile: “Wordweaving” in the Literatures of Anglo-Saxon England / Maren Clegg Hyer 33
3. Unfolding Identities: The Intertextual Roles of Clothing in the 'Nibelungenlied' and 'Völsunga Saga' / Elizabeth M. Swedo 53
4. Clothing and Textiles at the Court of King John of England, 1199–1216 / Hugh M. Thomas 79
5. Dressing the Sacred: Medallion Silks and Their Use in Western Medieval Europe / Tina Anderlini 101
6 Habit Envy: Extra-Religious Groups, Attire, and the Search for Legitimation Outside the Institutionalised Religious Orders / Alejandra Concha Sahli 137
7. The Loom, the Lady, and Her Family Chapels: Weaving Identity in Late Medieval Art / Joanne W. Anderson 157
Recent Books of Interest 183
Contents of Previous Volumes 197
