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Title: Making and breaking order via clothing Clothing regulation, cross-dressing, and the ordering mentality in later medieval and early modern England
Authors: Seymour, Brett
Department of History
Keywords: order
mentality
sumptuary regulation
cross-dressing
medieval England
early modern England
Issue Date: Nov-2012
Abstract: Following the events which disrupted social stability in fourteenth and fifteenth-century England, individuals from a variety of social contexts demonstrated a particular necessity to see order visibly displayed in society. This thesis examines sumptuary regulations and cross-dressing side by side to demonstrate clothing's relationship to both making and breaking order. In the act of revealing this relationship, this thesis will argue that the two cases demonstrate clothing’s importance in creating a visible confirmation of social order which ultimately brings to the surface an underlying collective ordering mentality that equated a sense of security with arranging everyone in society in their rightful place.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8837
Department/Unit/Centre: Department of History
Rights and Permissions: The author retains copyright of this thesis
Type of Work: Thesis, Honours
Appears in Collections:Honours Theses - Department of History

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