IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 220: Dress and Textiles: Rich, Poor, and Magical
Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | DISTAFF: Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashions |
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| Organiser: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
| Paper 220-a | Expensive and Cheap: The Cost of Embroidery and the Social Value of Its Creators in Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Language and Literature - Old English, Women's Studies |
| Paper 220-b | Not Just Barefoot Barbarians: Textual Evidence of Footwear and Legwear in Medieval Wales (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Law, Social History |
| Paper 220-c | The Shirt off His Back: Clothing as Currency in Medieval Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Law, Social History |
| Paper 220-d | Magical Material: The Supernatural Properties of Textiles and Clothing in Medieval and Later Belief (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Language and Literature - Other, Social History |
| Abstract | This session will examine: the relative status of Anglo-Saxon embroideries and the workers who made them; the discrepancy between 12th-century assertions that the Welsh went barefoot and the incidence of footwear in native law codes and Middle Welsh tales and poetry; the relative values ascribed to certain garments in medieval Ireland, and how these fitted into Irish legal concepts of rank and status; and will conclude with an interdisciplinary examination of belief in the metaphysical powers of textiles, both protective and destructive. |