"Erudite, perceptive, and witty, as always, John Friedman shows the social implications and symbolism of medieval clothing."uPaul Freedman, Yale University"With a sharp eye for fashion and an astute a
Friedman (English, Kent State U.) calls them monstrous because they differ in physical appearance and social practices from whoever was describing them. He finds them lurking in Mandeville's Travels
Previously published by Harvard University Press, this book charts changing conceptions of Orpheus and different uses made of his myth in Western Europe between Rome's fall and the death of the Middle
