Catherine Richardson
Ashgate
Hardback
306
2004
Tackling the issue of clothing in relation to such fundamental issues as national identity social distinction gender the body religion and politics Clothing Culture 1350-1650 provides a springboard into one of the most fascinating yet least understood aspects of social and cultural history.Nowhere in medieval and early modern European society was its hierarchical and social divisions more obviously reflected than in the sphere of clothing. Indeed one of the few constant themes of writers chroniclers diarists and commentators - from Chaucer to Pepys - was the subject of fashion and clothes. Whether it was lauding the magnificence of court warning against the vanity of fashion describing the latest modes or decrying the habit of the lower orders to ape the dress of their social superiors people throughout history have been fascinated by the symbolism power and messages that clothes can project.
Ashgate
Hardback
306
2004
Tackling the issue of clothing in relation to such fundamental issues as national identity social distinction gender the body religion and politics Clothing Culture 1350-1650 provides a springboard into one of the most fascinating yet least understood aspects of social and cultural history.Nowhere in medieval and early modern European society was its hierarchical and social divisions more obviously reflected than in the sphere of clothing. Indeed one of the few constant themes of writers chroniclers diarists and commentators - from Chaucer to Pepys - was the subject of fashion and clothes. Whether it was lauding the magnificence of court warning against the vanity of fashion describing the latest modes or decrying the habit of the lower orders to ape the dress of their social superiors people throughout history have been fascinated by the symbolism power and messages that clothes can project.