Fashioning change : the trope of clothing in high- and late-medieval England
2012, First Edition. Columbus : Ohio State University Press. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards, showing faint shelfwear only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; bookplate of Capt Richard Campbell, OBE, RN. Item #476804
Series; Interventions: new studies in medieval culture. Physical description; xiii, 252 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index. Contents; Fortune's habits : Boethian lessons on clothing and being – Fashioning change : wearing Fortune's garments in high- and late-medieval England – The case of the bishop's capa : vestimentary change and divine law in the thirteenth century – In swich richesse : Povre Griselda and the all-consuming archewyves – English galaunts and the aesthetic event. Subjects; Clothing and dress in literature – History – To 1500. English literature – Middle English, 1100-1500 – History and criticism.
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