This absorbing of medieval clothing survey makes an important and unique contribution to our understanding of the cultural and social conditions of western Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Drawing on paintings and sculpture, documents and literature, surviving clothing, textiles, jewelry, and armor, Francoise Piponnier and Perrine Mane show that garments and accessories of the Middle Ages reveal much about life and society of the time.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Françoise Piponnier is director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Perrine Mane is head of research at the Centre Nationale des Recherches Scientifiques in Paris.
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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a how-to book,
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This review is from: Dress in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
If you're looking for an overview of the evolution of style in the Middle Ages, this is not the book for you. If, on the other hand, you're looking for an overview of how clothes were perceived in medieval society and culture, you will find this book useful There are no patterns and only a few illustrations in this slim volume; the focus is instead on the people who made and wore medieval clothing. I think it tries to cover too much ground for such a short book, but I still recommend it to anyone who's trying to put medieval clothing into its cultural context.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Social history,
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This review is from: Dress in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
This is not a costume book in the usual style of "how to design your own medieval garb" but it is a good introduction to the crafts involved in making clothing in the late Middle Ages and the attitudes of the people wearing those garments. It is a social history rather than a manual, and it is very interesting. My only complaint is that a great number of the illustrations are from the early 16th century and so are better examples of transitional styles than purely medieval ones.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Useful information to the serious costume student,
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This review is from: Dress in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
For a beginner who needs to learn the basics of what medieval costume looks like, and how it was made and worn, this book has little to give, as it has very few illustrations. However, Piponnier's book fills a different, but equally useful function by supplying details of costume for serious students of the subject who have already learned the basics elsewhere.
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