Publisher's description:
Carefully researched, meticulously detailed account of the style and construction of period costumes. Includes descriptions and illustrations of royal apparel, elaborate ecclesiastical dress and vestments, academic and legal garments, and civilian dress of all classes. Also discusses jewelry, armor, textiles, embroidery and hairdressing.

Table of Contents:
I. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIRTEENTH-CENTURY COSTUME
Early Examples
Mid - Century Types
Later Thirteenth-Century Types and Hoods
II. REGAL COSTUME IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
III. AN INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTICAL COSTUME AND THAT OF THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS
The Eucharistic Vestments in Detail
Costume of the Religious Orders
IV. CIVILIAN DRESS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
V. ARMOUR IN THIRTEENTH CENTURY AND DETAILS FROM METAL ORNAMENTS
Thirteenth-Century Armour
VI. THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ORNAMENT AS APPLIED TO TEXTILES AND EMBROIDERIES
Patterned Skills of the Thirteenth Century
Thirteenth-Century Embroideries
VII. THE STYLE AND CONSTRUCTION OF FOURTEENTH-CENTURY COSTUME
The Style
The Construction of Costume
Out-door Garments
Headgear and Hair-dressing
VIII. REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL COSTUME IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
Regal Costume
Examples of Ecclesiastical Costume
IX. CIVILIAN DRESS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
Early Fourteenth Century
Middle Fourteenth Century
Working-Class Costume
Late Fourteenth Century
X. ARMOUR IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY AND DETAILS FROM METAL ORNAMENTS
XI. FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ORNAMENT CHEIFLY CONSIDERED AS APPLIED TO WOVEN MATERIALS AND EMBROIDERIES
Patterned Silks of the Fourteenth Century
Embroidery Patterns
XII. THE STYLE AND CONSTRUCTION OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY COSTUME
The Style
The Construction of Costume
XIII. "REGAL, ECCLESIASTICAL AND ACADEMIC COSTUME"
Regal Costume
Ecclesiastical Costume
Non-Eucharistic Vestments
Academic Costume
Legal Costume
XIV. CIVILIAN DRESS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Period I. Transitional
Period II. Early Fifteenth Century
Period III. Late Fifteenth Century
Period IV. Transitional to the Sixteenth Century
XV. ARMOUR IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY AND DETAILS FROM METAL ORNAMENTS
XVI. FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ORNAMENT AS APPLIED TO WOVEN MATERIALS AND EMBROIDERIES
GLOSSARY OF MEDIEVAL TERMS FOR COSTUME
BIBLIOGRAPHY