5 “Clothing Themselves in Acres”: Apparel and Impoverishment in Medieval and Early Modern England

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Tables ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Preface xiii
7. 1 Dress and Accessories in the Early Irish Tale “The Wooing Of Becfhola” 1
8. 2 The Embroidered Word: Text in the Bayeux Tapestry 35
9. 3 “De Fil d’Or et de Soie”: Making Textiles in Twelfth-Century French Romance 61
10. 4 Biffes, Tiretaines, and Aumonières: The Role of Paris in the International Textile Markets of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 73
11. 5 “Clothing Themselves in Acres”: Apparel and Impoverishment in Medieval and Early Modern England 91
12. 6 “Ye Shall Have It Cleane”: Textile Cleaning Techniques in Renaissance Europe 101
13. 7 Fleas, Fur, and Fashion: Zibellini as Luxury Accessories of the Renaissance 121
14. 8 The Matron Goes to the Masque: The Dual Identity of the English Embroidered Jacket 151
15. Recent Books of Interest 175
16. Index 181