Dress & Decoration of the Middle Ages (Dress and Decoration)

Type

Reference

Authors

Henry Shaw

ISBN 10

1885440243

ISBN 13

9781885440242

Tags

ER001291History, Europe

Description

Originally written in the 1840s & published in 1858, Shaw's book is an essential work for the study of the life & history of the Middle Ages. His colorful prose enables us to experience the essence of medieval civilization from the point of view of a scholar who had access to a staggering variety of original source material from England & Continental Europe. He presents intimate portraits of the important people -- royal, political, & ecclesiastical -- of the Middle Ages, as well as conveying an understanding of the popular tastes of the common people of the times. Each full-color illustration is reproduced directly from Shaw's original hand-colored plates. - from Amzon

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