Dress in Anglo-Saxon England

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.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83081-8

Price:  £30.00

English Costume

Essential reading for all family historians as it helps us all to imagine how our ancestors will have dressed on a day to day basis.    

Price:  £15.11

Fairholt's Costume in England

A history of dress from the very early Britons with their flint knives and arrowheads to the end of the 18th century with it's bonnets and fans. What differentiates this book from others of it's type is the second volume which is a glossary including pictures. From this you get a sense not only of how the clothes were worn but why they were worn and where the idea and name came from. A fascinating book which brings to life the realities of dress and therefore the culture of our ancestors.    

Price:  £12.13

Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince

1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. Stella Mary Newton broke new ground with this detailed study, which discusses fourteenth-century costume in detail. She draws on surviving accounts from the Royal courts, the evidence of chronicles and poetry (often from unpublished manuscripts), and representations in painting, sculpture and manuscript illumination.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-15767-2

Price:  £16.99

Ince's English History, Customs and Dress

-1860    

Price:  £12.13

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1

The study of medieval clothing and textiles has aroused great attention in recent years, as part of the growing concern in material culture as a whole; apart from its own intrinsic interest, it has much to reveal about life at thetime. This exciting new series aims to offer all those interested in the subject the fruits of the best research in the area.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83123-5

Price:  £25.00

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 2

Historical dress and textiles, always a topic of popular interest, has in recent years become an academic subject in its own right, transcending traditional genre boundaries. This annual journal includes in-depth studies from a variety of disciplines as well as cross-genre scholarship, representing such fields as social history, economics, history of techniques and technology, art history, archaeology, literature, and language.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83203-4

Price:  £25.00

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 3

The third volume of this pioneering series explores the manufacture and trade of textiles and their practical, fashionable, and symbolic uses. Papers include in-depth studies and cross-genre scholarship representing such fields associal history, economics, art history, archaeology and literature, as well as the reconstruction of textile-making techniques.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83291-1

Price:  £30.00

Shoes and Pattens

Until recently, very little was known about medieval shoes. Glimpses in manuscript illustrations and on funerary monuments, with the occasional reference by a contemporary writer, was all that the costume historian had as evidence, not least because leather tends to perish after prolonged contact with air, and very few actual examples survived. In recent years, however, nearly 2,000 shoes, many complete and in near-perfect condition, have been discovered preserved on the north bank of the Thames, and are now housed in the Museum of London. This collection, all from well-dated archaeological contexts, fills this vast gap in knowledge, making it possible to chart precisely the progress of shoe fashion between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.   paperback   ISBN 978-1-843-83238-6

Price:  £19.99

Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450

Among the most evocative items to be discovered by archaeologists are the scraps of silk and wool and other fabrics that signal so eloquently their owner's status and concerns. Such clothing and textile finds have figured prominently in excavations of medieval sites in London in the past two decades.   paperback   ISBN 978-1-843-83239-3

Price:  £19.99

The Scottish Clans and their Tartans

This wonderful little book is full of information about the Clans and their tartans. But it goes further than this with short explanations about the Gaelic language, Highland dress and how to wear it, Highland personal names and surnames and a separate section about female names plus a list of Clan septs and dependents (i.e. the clans with which they are connected) and designations of Highland Chiefs and families. Each Clan's history is briefly described with colour illustrations of their tartans and notes about their badge and war cry!    

Price:  £9.79