Table of Contents

Introduction
Wills
Accounts
Inventories and Rolls of Livery
Moral and Satirical Works
Sumptuary Regulation, Statutes and the Rolls of Parliament
Unpublished Petitions to King, Council and Parliament
Epic and Romance
Glossary
Bibliography

About the Author

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

Reviews

A very useful volume and the editors should be thanked for making this engaging selection of material. By doing so, this book will help stimulate interest in the topic and facilitate research.
*COSTUME*

An important volume [that] is set to become a valuable resource.
*TEXT*

[A] most welcome and valuable contribution to fashion and textile studies. It provides an outstanding introduction to essential British sources and an excellent glossary to aid researchers.
*SPECULUM*

The editors should be commended for the breadth of the sources considered in the book, and the attentive translations. It makes a valuable resource for those studying the medieval past and daily life, and a suitable springboard for those wishing to delve more deeply into the evidence of dress and textiles.
*TEXTILE HISTORY*

This useful and enjoyable handbook...should inspire further scholarly investigation.
*MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY*

[P]resents the reader with a richly interesting and useful collection of documents offering information about medieval clothing practices and the role of textiles more broadly.
*THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW*

This work is truly a sourcebook, intended to be of use to researchers unable to view the primary documents in person. Presented are portions of medieval texts on dress, textiles, clothes, and fashion in Old and Middle English, Latin, and Anglo-Norman French, side by side with modern English translations. Recommended.
*CHOICE*