In this study of Anglo-Saxon dress, Gail Owen-Crocker synthesizes a wide range of evidence - archaeological, historical and artistic - to reconstruct the history of the age, tracing political and cultural change through its repercussions in the area of fashion. The study aims to show how the growth of a Christian, literate culture is reflected in the increased importance of written or illustrated material as indicators of dress styles. The book, with its combination of technical description, historical analysis and artistic and archaeological content, will be of interest to a variety of readers - specialists, students of Medieval English history and those with a general interest in the Anglo-Saxon period and the history of costume.
- ISBN10 0719032903
- ISBN13 9780719032905
- Publish Date 15 March 1990 (first published 3 September 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 May 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 241
- Language English