Medieval Costume and Fashion

by Herbert Norris

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

391.00940902

Publication

Dover Publications Inc. (1999), Paperback, 528 pages

Description

A superb panoramic study of clothing worn in the Middle Ages. A meticulously researched text is enhanced with nearly 700 illustrations depicting all manner of apparel — from fur-trimmed cloaks and brocaded robes of courtiers and the nobility to simpler mantles, tunics and trousers worn by merchants, huntsmen, and other commoners.

User reviews

LibraryThing member reginaromsey

Norris History of Clothing in England from 1066 to 1485. Once the definitive work in the field. Now largely superseded by later works which corrected the understandable errors of someone working in a field with little first hand informaiton

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LibraryThing member lilinah

Good for the beginning costumer or theatrical costumer, bad for the historical costumer. I confess a fondness for those 1920s style illustrations, but redrawings are not useful for historic costumers.

LibraryThing member JoClare

If you aspire to strict historical accuracy in your costuming, be sure to support your facts with another resource as much of the illustrations in this book are re-drawings of the originals, and are somewhat lacking in accuracy. However, the historical information apart from the illustrations is

pretty good, but lacks consistent sources.

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LibraryThing member lacards21

I have this book. I personally like it, though it said by many that his work isn't true to information.

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