Medieval Costume and Fashion

564 Pages·1999·49.033 MB·English

by  Herbert Norris

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MEDIEVAL
COSTUME AND
FASHION
HERBERT NORRIS
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Mineola, New York
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All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright
Conventions.
PublishedinCanadabyGeneralPublishingCompany,Ltd., 30Lesmill
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Published intheUnitedKingdombyConstableandCompany,Ltd., 3
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BibliographicalNote
ThisDoveredition, firstpublishedin 1999, isan unabridged republi-
cationofthe workoriginallypublished in 1927 byJ. M. Dentand Sons
Ltd., London, under the title Costume & Fashion, Volume Two:Senlac to
Bosworth, 1066-1485.
Library ofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Medievalcostumeand fashion/HerbertNorris.
p. cm.
ISBN0-486-—40486-2 (—pbk.)
1. C—ostume History Medieval, 500-1500. 2. Costume
Europe History.
GT575.M43 1999
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DoverPublications, Inc., 31 East 2ndStreet,Mineola,N.Y. 11501
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
TO
ALL LOVERS OF
ARCHAEOLOGY AND RESEARCH
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Herbert Norris was renowned in his time as a costume architect and archaeologist.
He designed historical and theatrical costume and stage sets for one hundred plays in
England and America, as well as for a number of British films and pageants.
Nevertheless, his series ofbooks, Costume andFashion, is considered his finest achieve-
ment.
Originally intendedtobeasix-volumeseries thatwould tell thestoryofcostumeand
fashion from the time ofancient Greece until the end ofthe nineteenth century, only
four volumes were completed and published before his death in 1950. They include
Volume I: TheEvolution ofEuropean Dress through the EarlierAges (1924); Volume2: Senlac
to Bosworth, 1066-1483 (1927); Volume 3: The Tudors, 1485-1603, 2 vols. (1938); and
Volume 6: The Nineteenth Century (1933). The fourth and fifth volumes, ifcompleted,
would have covered the Stuart and Hanoverian periods offashion history, respectively.
This book is the unabridged reprint of Volume 2 of the series: Senlac to Bostvorth,
1066—1483, originallypublished in 1927. Thereadermay noticeafewreferences tothe
othervolumes in the text ofthis work.
Volume 1 ofthe series is currently out ofprint. Volume 3 is available in a one-vol-
ume (unabridged) Doveredition published in 1997. It combines Books I and II, and is
entitled TudorCostumeandFashion (ISBN 0-486-29845-0). Volume 6 ofthe series (The
Nineteenth Century) is also available in a Dover reprint published in 1998. It is entitled
Nineteenth Century CostumeandFashion (ISBN 0-486-40292-4).
FOREWORD
The gratifying reception accorded to Volume I. of this History,
particularly in America, has encouraged the publishers and others to
suggest its continuation, here presented. Volume 11. follows the same
general plan as that used in the first volume, with certain modifications
and considerable additions.
Inordertoidentifythe period discussedwitheventsand personalities
familiar to the reader, the practice employed in Volume I., of prefacing
each chapter with a list of contemporary historical events,^s continued
in this book.
The accuracy of information given in the chapter on Heraldry, and
the sections dealing with Chivalry, the Order of the Garter, the Order
of the Bath, and Peers' Parliamentary Robes, is guaranteed by the fact
that I am indebted for supervision of their details to Mr. G. Ambrose
Lee, C.B., C.V.O., Clarenceux King-of-Arms, whose expert knowledge
and kind assistance have been of the utmost value.
Again, my most grateful thanks are due to my wife and daughter,
whose help with French and German translations has been most useful;
to Major D. S. Paterson for his most able work in editing the MS., and
to Mrs. Paterson for her talented aid in preparing drawings. To
Messrs. J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. I am more than indebted for the
courtesy they have shown to a harassed author and the care they have
devoted to the publication of his work.
HERBERT NORRIS.
London, 1927.
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