Bøger af John Block Friedman

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.The essays here continue in the Journal's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines. Topics include evidence for dress in multicultural sixth-century Ravenna; the incidence of Byzantine and Oriental silks in ninth- tothirteenth-century Denmark; a new analysis of the chronology of and contexts for the French hood; an examination of the mysterious garment called a bliaut in French literature; a discussion of the vocabulary and loan wordsin Italian/Anglo-Norman mercantile transactions; and revelations that fashions in body hair were an important feature of women's appearance. Contributors: John Block Friedman, Anne Hedeager Krag, Karen Margrethe Hoskuldsson, Olga Magoula, Megan Tiddeman, Monica L. Wright

Using over 200 relatively unknown manuscripts from Northern England, Friedman reveals an active northern book trade at York and Durham, serving a range of gentry, urban bourgeoisie and ecclesiastical users. He discusses ownership, readership and the physical characteristics of the books.