Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Medieval Age

Sarah-Grace Heller is Associate Professor at the Ohio State University, USA, specialising in French and Occitan medieval literature.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionSarah-Grace Heller (Ohio State University, USA)Chapter 1 – TextilesElizabeth Coatsworth (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) and Gale R. Owen-Crocker (University of Manchester, UK)Chapter 2 – Production and DistributionEva Andersson Strand (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Sarah-Grace Heller (Ohio State University, USA)Chapter 3 – The BodyGuillemette Bolens (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Sarah Brazil (University of Geneva, Switzerland)Chapter 4 – Belief Andrea Denny-Brown (University of California, Riverside, USA)Chapter 5 – Gender and SexualityE. Jane Burns (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA)Chapter 6 – StatusLaurel Ann Wilson (Fordham University, USA)Chapter 7 – Ethnicity Michèle Hayeur Smith (Brown University, USA)Chapter 8 – Visual RepresentationsDésirée Koslin (Fashion Institute of Technology, USA)Chapter 9 – Literary RepresentationsMonica L. Wright (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)NotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex