Medieval Dress and Clothing are an area of interest for many medievalists, but finding information can often be difficult. Research can be done from archaeological finds, artistic works, and other sources. This section offers some of the information available online related to what people wore in the Middle Ages, including medieval dresses, jewelry and other fashion, as well as about the clothing-making industry in the medieval world.
Medieval Dress Articles What Was Cross Dressing in the Middle Ages? , by Shunichi Akasaka
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery , by Richard Avent and David Leigh
Female Dress and “Slavic” Bow Fibulae in Greece , by Florin Curta
Archaeological Textiles – A Need for New Methods of Analysis and Reconstruction , by Maria Cybulska and Jerzy Maik
The Garb of Medieval Satire , by Borçin Erol
Viking and medieval amulets in Scandinavia , by Signe Horn Fuglesang
Dressing the Dead: Gender, Identity, and Adornment in Viking-Age Iceland , by Michèle Hayeur-Smith
A Study on the Earliest Representation of Garment & Accessories in the Figure Illustrations of ‘Nushi zhen’ , by Yue Hu
Medieval vernicle finger rings in Finland , by Visa Immonen
Culture and Gender In the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches , by Jane F. Kershaw
‘The Hangings about the Hall”: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505 , by Charles Kightly
Almeria Silk and the French Feudal Imaginary: Toward a “Material” History of the Medieval Mediterranean , by Sharon Kinoshita
Clothes Make the Monk: The Rhetoric of Clothing in Late Antique Monasticism , by Rebecca Krawiec
East and west: textiles and fashion in Eurasia in the early modern period , by Beverly Lemire and Giorgio Riello
Underwear in the Maciejowski Bible , by Constanza de Mendoza
Luxury and ultra-luxury consumption in later Medieval and Early Modern Dress: relative values of woollen textiles in the Low Countries and England, 1350-1550 , by John Munro
Attire in Ammianus and Gregory of Tours , by Ron F. Newbold
Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara , by Makshuma I. Niyazova
The Origins of Knitted Fabrics , by Braham Norwick
Byzantine Gold Coins and Jewellery: A Study of Gold Contents , by Andrew Oddy and Susan La Niece
The world upside down. Secular badges and the iconography of the Late Medieval Period: ordinary pins with multiple meanings , by Sebastiaan Ostkamp
Anglo-Saxon costume: a study of secular civilian clothing and jewellery fashions , by Gale R. Owen-Crocker
The Wool Trade In English Medieval History , by Eileen Power
The codpiece: social fashion or medical need? , by C.S. Reed
From Chaperones to Chaplets: Aspects of Men’s Headdress, 1400-1519 , by Susan Downs Reed
Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus , by Sofya La Rus anf Mka Lisa Kies
Poverty and richly decorated garments : a re-evaluation of their significance in the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena , by Lesley K. Twomey
Constructing the Headdresses of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries , by Marie Vibbert
Pictures of the clergy in the Theodore Psalter , by Christopher Walter
Medieval News: Dress and Clothing Conference to expose the hidden history of underwear in the Middle Ages
Article examines the Dress Accessories of Medieval Peasants in England
Medieval Scottish soldiers fought wearing bright yellow war shirts
Retired couple find 600-year-old Medieval silver broach in farm field
Videos on Medieval Dress
Medieval Textiles Study Group This organization offers research on medieval dress information helpful to create your own clothing. Articles they have posted online include:
Weaving Fabric for a 14th Century Dress
On Weaving a Handspun Plaid Shawl
Weaving an 11th Century Irish Brat
Some Medieval Linen Weaves
Click here to see their website
Medieval Dress Articles
What Was Cross Dressing in the Middle Ages?, by Shunichi Akasaka
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery, by Richard Avent and David Leigh
Female Dress and “Slavic” Bow Fibulae in Greece, by Florin Curta
Archaeological Textiles – A Need for New Methods of Analysis and Reconstruction, by Maria Cybulska and Jerzy Maik
The Garb of Medieval Satire, by Borçin Erol
Viking and medieval amulets in Scandinavia, by Signe Horn Fuglesang
Dressing the Dead: Gender, Identity, and Adornment in Viking-Age Iceland, by Michèle Hayeur-Smith
A Study on the Earliest Representation of Garment & Accessories in the Figure Illustrations of ‘Nushi zhen’, by Yue Hu
Culture and Gender In the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches, by Jane F. Kershaw
‘The Hangings about the Hall”: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505, by Charles Kightly
Almeria Silk and the French Feudal Imaginary: Toward a “Material” History of the Medieval Mediterranean, by Sharon Kinoshita
Clothes Make the Monk: The Rhetoric of Clothing in Late Antique Monasticism, by Rebecca Krawiec
East and west: textiles and fashion in Eurasia in the early modern period, by Beverly Lemire and Giorgio Riello
Underwear in the Maciejowski Bible, by Constanza de Mendoza
Luxury and ultra-luxury consumption in later Medieval and Early Modern Dress: relative values of woollen textiles in the Low Countries and England, 1350-1550, by John Munro
Attire in Ammianus and Gregory of Tours, by Ron F. Newbold
Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara, by Makshuma I. Niyazova
The Origins of Knitted Fabrics, by Braham Norwick
Byzantine Gold Coins and Jewellery: A Study of Gold Contents, by Andrew Oddy and Susan La Niece
The world upside down. Secular badges and the iconography of the Late Medieval Period: ordinary pins with multiple meanings, by Sebastiaan Ostkamp
Anglo-Saxon costume: a study of secular civilian clothing and jewellery fashions, by Gale R. Owen-Crocker
The Wool Trade In English Medieval History, by Eileen Power
The codpiece: social fashion or medical need?, by C.S. Reed
From Chaperones to Chaplets: Aspects of Men’s Headdress, 1400-1519, by Susan Downs Reed
Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus, by Sofya La Rus anf Mka Lisa Kies
Poverty and richly decorated garments : a re-evaluation of their significance in the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena, by Lesley K. Twomey
Constructing the Headdresses of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, by Marie Vibbert
Pictures of the clergy in the Theodore Psalter, by Christopher Walter
Medieval News: Dress and Clothing
Article examines the Dress Accessories of Medieval Peasants in England
Medieval Scottish soldiers fought wearing bright yellow war shirts
Retired couple find 600-year-old Medieval silver broach in farm field
Videos on Medieval Dress
Medieval Textiles Study Group
This organization offers research on medieval dress information helpful to create your own clothing. Articles they have posted online include:
Weaving Fabric for a 14th Century Dress
On Weaving a Handspun Plaid Shawl
Weaving an 11th Century Irish Brat
Some Medieval Linen Weaves
Click here to see their website
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