Medieval Clothing and Textiles 14

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles drawing from a range of disciplines. <p/>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. <p/> Contributors: John Block Friedman Anne Hedeager Krag Karen Margrethe Høskuldsson Olga Magoula Megan Tiddeman Monica L. Wright