Boehn, Max Von.
Die Mode: Menschen und Moden im Mittelalter. Munich: Bruckmann,
1909. One volume of an early twentieth-century standard work that is
still useful today as a source for the Middle Ages.
Brantl,
Ruth, ed. Medieval Culture. The culture of Mankind Series. New
York: Braziller, 1966. An excellent compilation of writings form original
sources on early and later medieval culture.
Brooke,
Iris. English Costume of the Early Middle Ages. London: A. & C.
Black, 1936. A useful coverage of the costume in England from 900 to 1300
with line drawings by the author. These must be sued with a certain
caution in conjunction with original sources.
Cunnington, C. Willet, & Cunnington, Phillis. Handbook of English
Medieval Costume. Philadelphia: Dufour, 1952. Another standard
research volume in a series on English dress by two of England’s foremost
authorities on costume.
Freemantle, Anne. Age of Faith. The Great Ages of Man Series.
New York: Time-Life Books, 1965. Covers the intellectual, artistic, and
cultural developments in Europe from the Romanesque through the Gothic
periods.
Hartley,
Dorothy, & Elliot, Margaret M. Life and Work of the People of England
from the Eleventh to the thirteenth Century. New
York: Putnam, 1931. Still a very useful book form which to obtain a
picture of medieval life in England during the early Middle Ages.
Houston,
Mary G. Medieval Costume in
England and France.
London: A. & C. Black, 1939. An excellent technical explanation of the
cut and drape of medieval clothing in northern Europe with a few color
plates and over 250 line drawings.
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