Chaucer and clothing
Subtitle: clerical and academic costume in the general prologue to the Canterbury tales
By: Laura F. Hodges.
Series: Chaucer studies,; 34
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Knowledge -- Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress -- England -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500; Prologues and epilogues -- History and criticism; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature; Clothing and dress in literature; Teachers in literature; Clergy in literature
Description: "This book presents the first sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by those of Chaucer's pilgrims who were in holy orders, affiliated with universities, or both." "The author uses approaches from a variety of disciplines (received criticism of late medieval literature, developments in political, economic and social history, the visual arts, and material culture) in order to present the complex ideas and rhetoric the pilgrims' dress expresses." "The religious, intellectual, and material culture of Chaucer's day is made accessible to modern audiences through reconstruction of the significance of fabrics, dyes, accessories, garments, and assembled costumes, and by explanation of technical details and specialist vocabularies for cloth-making, clothing, accessories, and their images in the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index.