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Viking Women Were Power Weavers Whose Textiles Provided Vital Trade Across Europe, Researchers Say

The Vikings of legend were fearless male warriors who raided coastal towns across Europe. But archaeological research shows that Viking women were just as integral to the expansion of Viking society ...
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Weaving, veiling, and dressing : textiles and their metaphors in the late Middle Ages / edited by Kathryn M. Rudy and Barbara Baert

Introduction: miraculous textiles in Exempla and images from the Low Countries / Kathryn M. Rudy -- Weaving / Barbara Baert -- Weaving Mary's chaplet: the representation of the rosary in late Medieval ...
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Encountering medieval textiles and dress : objects, texts, images / edited by Désirée G. Koslin and Janet Snyder

Appearance and ideology: creating distinctions between clerics and lay persons in early medieval Gaul / Bonnie Effros -- From self-sufficiency to commerce: structural and artifactual evidence for ...
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Debunking Viral Story, Art Historian Says ‘Allah’ Does Not Appear on Ancient Viking Garment

Islamic art historians and archaeologists are calling into question a Swedish medieval textile expert’s claim that the word “Allah” has been found on a 10th century Viking funeral garment discovered ...
Western Michigan University

DISTAFF: Medieval Dress and Textile Arts Display and Demonstration

On Thursday, May 8, DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion) will hold an exhibition of members' work, open to view for all attendees of the 60th ...