In the middle ages cloth was produced for local consumption almost everywhere, and export trade too was fed from a large number of countries; from England, from the Languedoc and from many of the Italian towns.
Clothworkers and Social Protest: The Case of Thomas Deloney
December 18, 2010 By
Clothworkers and Social Protest: The Case of Thomas Deloney Hentschell, Roze Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract Thomas Deloney, a prolific balladeer and impoverished weaver, was twice wanted for arrest by the London authorities in as many years for writing documents that criticized government policy. The two texts— one, a […]
The Origins of Knitted Fabrics
December 17, 2010 By
Subsequent research has found a slightly earlier reference, dating between 1452 and 1456, to ‘one knytt gyrdll.’
Archaeological Textiles – A Need for New Methods of Analysis and Reconstruction
December 13, 2010 By
Archaeological Textiles – A Need for New Methods of Analysis and Reconstruction Cybulska, Maria & Maik, Jerzy (Technical University of Łódź Institute of Textile Architecture) FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe January / December 2007, Vol. 15, No. 5 – 6 Abstract Archaeological textiles bear important testimony to everyday life, farming, trade, migration of nations, […]
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