International Medieval Congress at Leeds, England (July 9-12, 2012)

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Session 1103: Dress, Textile, and Convention (or Not), I

  • Out of Date and Overdressed: The Horned Headresses of St Frideswide's Cloister (Language: English)
    Valija Evalds, Department of Visual & Performing Arts, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut
  • What Not to Wear: Manipulated Masculinity in the Galaunt Tradition (Language: English)
    Emily Jane Rozier, Department of English, University of Birmingham
  • Clothing of Parisian Prostitutes, 1350-1500 (Language: English)
    Marie De Rasse, Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris (LAMOP), Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • The Pourpoint of Charles VI of France: Structural Details Revealed (Language: English)
    Tasha Kelly, Independent Scholar, Audubon

Session 1203: Dress, Textile, and Convention (or Not), II

  • The Evidence for Textiles and Dress in the Household Accounts (1498-1509) of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mother of Henry VII (Language: English)
    Sue Powell, School of English, Sociology, Politics & Contemporary History, University of Salford
  • The Liturgical Vestments of Castel Sant'Elia: Their Historical Significance and Current Condition (Language: English)
    Maureen C. Miller, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
  • The Art of Translating Text into Tapestry: Pierre Desrey and the Troyes Mémoire (Language: English)
    Tina Kane, Vassar College / Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Spanish Medieval Silk: The Silk Trade in 14th-Century Spain - Testimony from the Rabbinical Responsa (Language: English)
    Nahum Ben-Yehuda, Department of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Session 1315: Unwritten Rules in Embroidery of the Early Medieval Period

  • How to Become a Relic: An Embroidery's Guide (Language: English)
    Alexandra M. Lester-Makin, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester
  • Early Woollen Castles (Language: English)
    Maggie Kneen, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester
  • Reinventing the Rules: Slipping between the Bayeux Tapestry and Its Victorian Replica (Language: English)
    Anna C. Henderson, University of Exeter Press / University of Manchester