Chaucer's Use of Dress.
We may, of course, understand a great deal of Chaucer at first sight; but we shall never comprehend the full Chaucer but by studying those minutiae which are matters of history to us, but which were present everyday commonplaces to the people for whom he wrote. Few minutiae become "matters of h...
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McGill University
1958
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| Summary: | We may, of course, understand a great deal of Chaucer at first sight; but we shall never comprehend the full Chaucer but by studying those minutiae which are matters of history to us, but which were present everyday commonplaces to the people for whom he wrote. Few minutiae become "matters of history" more quickly than fashions and caprices in dress. We laugh at the styles of twenty-five years ago, consider our grandmother's clothing quaint and the garments of two generations ago romantically beautiful. Fashions which have special significance in their day are quickly changed and forgotten. [...] |
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