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The story of the mitre began during the 11th-century church reform movements and was, surprisingly, inspired by a popular pastime. After a thousand years of bare heads, the Church finally had an official hat, signaling newly-structured internal dynamics, an increase in power and influence in society, and greater parity with secular leaders.
Price: $180.00
Pages: 358
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Publication Date:
20 June 2024
ISBN: 9789004691049
Format: Hardcover
Nancy Spies is an independent scholar researching medieval textiles, particularly ecclesiastical garments. Among her published articles and books is the groundbreaking Ecclesiastical Pomp and Aristocratic Circumstances: A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands, (2000).