The Medieval World Volume 2 PHILIP STEELE.pdf

A History of

Fashion and

Costume

The Medieval

World

Philip Steele

The Medieval World

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-

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Bailey Publishing Associates Ltd

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Steele, Philip, 1948–

A history of fashion and costume.

The medieval world/Philip Steele.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and

index.

Project Manager: Roberta Bailey

Editor: Alex Woolf

Text Designer: Simon Borrough

Artwork: Dave Burroughs, Peter Dennis,

Tony Morris

Picture Research: Glass Onion Pictures

ISBN 0-8160-5945-4

1. Clothing and dress—History—

Medieval, 500–1500

GT575.S84 2005

391/.009/02—dc 22 2004060891

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Europe 500–1000

Chapter 2: Europe 1000–1400

Chapter 3: Europe 1400–1550

Chapter 4: Africa and Asia 500-1550

Chapter 5: Oceania and the Americas 500-1550 50

Timeline

Glossary

Further Information

Index

Introduction

The costumes of the Middle Ages still fascinate us. Children’s

fairytale books are filled with fanciful pictures of European

princesses in tall “steeple” hats, of honest woodcutters in

homespun cloth, of knights in shining armor, and colorful

court jesters. Medieval costume inspired romantic poets and

artists of the nineteenth century, as well as the makers of

fantasy films in the twenty-first.The reality of medieval

costume is every bit as interesting as the fantasy.

Finding Out

How do we discover the truth about the way people dressed

in the medieval period? Firstly, actual items of jewelry, crowns,

shoes, suits of armor, and the remains of textiles have survived.

The latter may be fragments of cloth uncovered by

archaeologists, or they may be whole garments now preserved

in a palace or museum. Secondly, there are visual references

supplied by statues, memorial brasses in churches, paintings, or

illustrated manuscripts.Thirdly, we have descriptions of

clothing in medieval literature, or references to it in other

written records such as laws, tax receipts, or trading accounts.

When and Where?

The term “Middle Ages” strictly refers to the period of

European history between the classical and the modern age.

It begins with the fall of the Roman Empire in the west, in

476 CE, and may be said to end with the fall of the eastern

Roman, or Byzantine, Empire in 1453. It is sometimes

extended to include the Renaissance, the cultural reawakening

which began in southern Europe and continued into the mid-

sixteenth century.

This book deals broadly with the period 500 to 1550 CE and

looks beyond the frontiers of Europe to the Silk Road, the

ancient trading route between China and the West. It visits the

dye pits of Kano in West Africa and crosses the Indian and

Pacific Oceans. It describes the dress of the Incas in Peru and

the feather craftworkers of Aztec Mexico.

Costume does not just reveal ideas about beauty or fashion.

It tells us about craft, technology, politics and power, social

classes, religion, customs, childhood, and the world of work.

It is the key to a bygone age.

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