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Medieval Costume and How to Recreate it

Dorothy Hartley

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English
Dover
02 December 2003
Clear-cut and accurate in its guidance, this volume depicts medieval clothes and accessories not as inanimate museum exhibits but as items of vital interest and well worth recreating. Unlike conventional costume histories, which tend to classify their contents by era, this volume portrays the clothing of the twelfth through 15th centuries according to the wearer's social class. Here are the garments of royalty, clerics, doctors, merchants, musicians, knights, artisans, farmers, and laborers - all magnificently illustrated with images from tapestries and illuminated manuscripts as well as in drawings and diagrams. Helpful advice covers choosing fabrics; placement of seams; draping and folding garments; how to walk, dance, and climb stairs in the cumbersome unfamiliarity of flowing attire; and even the best methods of storage.
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Imprint:   Dover
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   245g
ISBN:   9780486429854
ISBN 10:   0486429857
Series:   Dover Fashion and Costumes
Pages:   142
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

Reviews for Medieval Costume and How to Recreate it

This book investigates the most important royal murder mystery of the 15th, and perhaps any, century. How did the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother, the Duke of York, meet their ends in the Tower of London, and who was responsible? Richard III has always been the prime suspect, having benefited most from their deaths. Yet doubts remain. Modern scholars have tried to disentangle the true story from the black propaganda put about by the Tudor family after they deposed Richard in 1485, leading to some revisions of the orthodox view. Against the complicated background of dynastic rivalries and conflicts which made up the Wars of the Roses, Alison Weir weighs up the evidence from all the available contemporary sources as well as the judgements of later historians. The cast list in this drama is formidable, but the explanations of who did what to whom and when are clear and concise, providing a real insight into the intricacies of late-15th-century English politics and society. (Kirkus UK)


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