The Cambridge History of Western Textiles

Dress in Anglo-Saxon England

Revised and Enlarged Edition
Gale R. Owen-Crocker

Revised and Enlarged Edition
Gale R. Owen-Crocker When it first came out in 1986, Gale Owen-Crocker's book was a milestone in costume studies, a foundation on which much work has subsequently been based. Nearly twenty years later, there is more to be said, and this updated edition is long overdue. An encyclopaedic study of English dress from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, it draws evidence from archaeology, text and art [manuscripts, ivories, metalwork, stone sculpture, mosaics], and also from re-enactors' experience. It examines archaeological textiles, cloth production and the significance of imported cloth and foreign fashions. Dress is discussed as a marker of gender, ethnicity, status and social role - in the context of a pagan burial, dress for holy orders, bequests of clothing, commissioning a kingly wardrobe, and much else - and surviving dress fasteners and accessories are examined with regard to type and to geographical/chronological distribution. There are colour reconstructions of early Anglo-Saxon dress and a cutting pattern for a gown from the Bayeux tapestry; Old English garment names are discussed, and there is a glossary of costume and other relevant terms.

GALE OWEN-CROCKER is Senior Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester. She has a special interest in dress throughout the medieval period - she advises on dress entries to the Toronto Old English Dictionary and has consulted for many museums and television companies. She is co-editor of the new journal Medieval Clothing and Textiles. Generously illustrated with 25 plates, 12 in colour, and 140 drawings.

Contents
1 Introduction to the revised edition
2 A Historical Framework
3 Women's costume in the fifth and sixth centuries
4 Men's costume in the fifth and sixth centuries
5 Women's costume from the seventh to the ninth centuries
6 Men's costume from the seventh to the ninth centuries
7 Women's costume in the tenth and eleventh centuries
8 Men's costume in the tenth and eleventh centuries
9 Textile and textile production
10 The significance of dress
11 Appendix A: Old English garment-names
12 Appendix B: A possible cutting plan for an eleventh-century gown

12 colour illustrations
13 b/w illustrations
408 pages
Size: 24 x 17 cm
ISBN: 1843830817
Binding: Hardback
First published: 2004
Imprint: Boydell Press

Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100
Lisa M. Bitel

Published October 2002

344 pages 18 half-tones 2 maps

Paperback | ISBN: 0521597730

This is a history of the early European middle ages through the eyes of women, combining the rich literature of women’s history with original research in the context of mainstream history and traditional chronology. The book begins at the end of the Roman empire and ends with the start of the long eleventh century, when women and men set out to test the old frontiers of Europe. The book recreates the lives of ordinary women but also tells personal stories of individuals. Each chapter also questions an assumption of medieval historiography, and uses the few documents produced by women themselves, along with archaeological evidence, art, and the written records of medieval men, to tell of women, their experiences and ideas, and their relations with men. It covers the continent and its exotic edges, such as Iceland, Ireland, and Iberia; looking at women Christian and non-Christian alike.

Edited By: MICHAEL LAPIDGE, University of Cambridge
JOHN BLAIR, Queen's College, University of Oxford
SIMON KEYNES, University of Cambridge, UK
Donald Scragg,

Publication Date USA: Oct 2000 / Format: 246 x 171mm, 6.75 x 9.75in
Pages: 560
ISBN: 0631224920

"Lucidly presented, and in a form to look simple, there is in this one index alone a vast array of information. Who needs this book? Anyone with an interest in medieval England will find much of value in it. The non-specialist reader could find many new delights. The Anglo-Saxon specialist will appreciate both the wealth of detail and the succinct generalities. The level of authority assembled here is impressive and reassuring." Times Literary Supplement . The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England is a major reference-work covering the history, archaeology, arts, architecture, literatures and languages of England from the Roman withdrawal to the Norman Conquest (c.450 - 1066 AD).

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
2nd Edition

David Crystal

Published September 2003

506 pages 85 line diagrams 104 half-tones 27 tables 7 graphs 430 colour figures 53 maps

Paperback | ISBN: 0521530334

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language is one of the publishing phenomena of recent times. Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed. It has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters, generating further publications and broadcasting events for an avid audience. Its First Edition appeared in hardback in 1995 and a revised paperback in 1997. There have been numerous subsequent updated reprintings; but this Second Edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers and of teachers, students and professional English-users concerned with their own linguistic legacy. The length of the book has been extended and there are 44 new illustrations, extensive new material on world English and Internet English, and a complete updating of statistics, further reading suggestions and other references.

Contents

Prefaces
1. Modelling English
Part I. The History of English: 2. The origins of English
3. Old English
4. Middle English
5. Early Modern English
6. Modern English
7. World English
Part II. English Vocabulary: 8. The nature of the lexicon
9. The sources of the lexicon
10. Etymology
11. The structure of the lexicon
12. Lexical dimensions
Part III. English Grammar: 13. Grammatical mythology
14. The structure of words
15. Word classes
16. The structure of sentences
Part IV. Spoken and Written English: 17. The sound system
18. The writing system
Part V. Using English: 19. Varieties of discourse
20. Regional variation
21. Social variation
22. Personal variation
23. Electronic variation
Part VI. Learning about English: 24. Learning English as a mother tongue
25. New ways of studying English

The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature
Edited by Malcolm Godden, Michael Lapidge

Published June 1991

314 pages 1 table 2 maps

Paperback | ISBN: 0521377943

This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600–1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English literature for the first time, who require clear guidance and orientation in an unfamiliar field. The first chapters describe briefly the political, social and ecclesiastical history of the period and how poetry and prose developed and flourished. A succinct account of Old English language provides beginners with a guide to grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Subsequent chapters explore such topics as Germanic legend and heroic ideals, paganism and fatalism, the cult of saints and responses to the Bible. Important prose texts, such as those by Bede, Alfred, Aelfric and Wulfstan, are covered under these thematic headings. Poems such as The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood, are discussed in detail, but in association with related texts, in prose as well as poetry. A separate chapter is devoted to Beowulf, but aspects of the poem are also discussed in other chapters. Finally a bibliography lists essential editions, reference works and critical studies.

Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Note on the text
1. Anglo-Saxon society and its literature Patrick Wormald
2. The Old English language Helmut Gneuss
3. The nature of Old English verse D. G. Scragg
4. The nature of Old English prose Janet Bately
5. Germanic legend and Anglo-Saxon literature Roberta Frank
6. Heroic ideals and Christian ethics Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe
7. Pagan survivals and popular belief John D. Niles
8. Beowulf Fred C. Robinson
9. Fatalism and the millenium Joseph B. Trahern, Jr
10. Perceptions of transience Christine Fell
11. Perceptions of eternity Milton McGatch
12. Biblical literature: the Old Testament Malcolm Godden
13. Biblical literature: the New Testament Barbara C. Raw
14. The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England Michael Lapidge
15. The world of Anglo-Saxon learning Patrizia Lendinara
Further reading
Index.