Monica L Wright & Robin Netherton 
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 16 

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.


Following the
Journal’s tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines, the essays here also extend chronologically from the tenth through the sixteenth century and cover a wide geography: from Scandinavia to Spain, with stops in England and the Low Countries. They include an examination of the lexical items for banners in
Beowulf, evidence of the use of curved template for the composition in the Bayeux Tapestry, a discussion of medieval cultivation of hemp for use in textiles in Sweden, a reading of the character of Lady Mede (
Piers Plowman) in the context of costume history, the historical context of the Spanish
verdugados (in English, the farthingale)and its use as political propaganda, an analysis of the sartorial imagery on a tabletop painting (attributed to Bosch) depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, and the reconstruction of one of the sixteenth-century London Livery companies’ crowns.

Table of Content

Preface – Monica L. Wright

Anglo-Saxon Banners and
Beowulf – M. Wendy Hennequin

The Use of Curved Templates in the Drawing of the Bayeux Tapestry – Maggie Kneen and Gale R. Owen-Crocker

Construction and Reconstruction of the Past: The Medieval Nordic Textile Heritage of Hemp (
Cannabis sativa L.) – Git Skoglund

Historicizing the Allegorical Eye: Reading Lady Mede – John B. Slefinger

Sex, Lies, and
Verdugados: Juana of Portugal and the Invention of Hoopskirts – Mark D. Johnston

Fashion and Material Culture in the
Tabletop of the Seven Deadly Sins Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch – John Block Friedman

Fashion and Material Culture in the
Tabletop of the Seven Deadly Sins Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch – Melanie Schuessler Bond

The Broderers’ Crown: The Examination and Reconstruction of a Sixteenth-Century City of London Livery Company Election Garland – Cynthia Jackson

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Author Index of Previous Volumes

About the author

Monica L. Wright is the Granger and Debaillon Professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. Her research focuses on the use of clothing in medieval French literature.