International Medieval Congress at Leeds, England (July 4-7, 2013)

Session 1508: DISTAFF, I: Focus on Fibre

English and Continental Terminologies for Wool-Based Textiles (Language: English)
John H. A. Munro, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Hedging on Heckles: Identifying Flax Working Tools from Medieval Novgorod (Language: English)
Heidi Sherman, Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
3-Harness Linen Weaves: Experimental Archaeology (Language: English)
Anne Reaves, Department of English & Communication, Marian University, Indianapolis

Session 1608: DISTAFF, II: Narrative on Dress - Dress as Allegory

Mind the Gap: Textile Narrations Bridging Openings in Vestments (Language: English)
Barbara M. Eggert, Juristische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Configuring the Clothing of the Pre- and Post-Lapsarian Body in Early English Drama (Language: English)
Sarah Brazil, Départment de langue et littérature anglaises, Université de Genève
Bartolomeo da Montechiaro (d. 1419): Silk Merchant of Lucca (Language: English)
Christine E. Meek, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin

Session 1708: DISTAFF, III: The Pleasure and Morality of Dress and Textiles

Unholy Pleasures: Displeasure and Pleasure in Worldly Dress in Anglo-Saxon Hagiographical Tradition (Language: English)
Maren Clegg Hyer, Department of English, Valdosta State University, Georgia
Women's Head-Dresses in Welsh Love Poems (Language: English)
Alaw Mai Edwards, Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Renouncing Pleasure: Giving the Best to the Grave (Language: English)
Gale R. Owen-Crocker, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester

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