The New Middle Ages: Representations of Secular Dress

Ball, J.

In Byzantium there were two overlapping systems of dress: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth, and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. This book explains secular dress from the eighth to the twelfth centuries through an examination of painted representations.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-02-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403967008

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-05779-2

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 205