Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome by Camilla Annerfeldt
This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the notion – well-established in dress historical research on the early modern period – that one was supposed to dress solely according to one’s social station; as Camilla Annerfeldt explores in great depth, this notion does not always seem to have been applicable to early modern Rome because of its very constitution. Using a range of primary sources from the Roman archives as well as texts of early modern writers, Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome presents a vivid account of the history of an early modern society, which will be helpful to historians of fashion, society, politics, material culture, and art, as well as everyone interested in the period when Rome was one of the dominant centres of Europe – culturally, socially, and politically.
This original volume dissects Roman society through its dress, demonstrating how inhabitants used clothing to forge distinctive identities in a city renowned for its international and mobile constitution* Elizabeth Currie, Associate Lecturer, Central St Martins, University of the Arts, UK *
Camilla Annerfeldt is a Post-Doctoral Researcher affiliated with the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781350431447 |
| ISBN 10 | 1350431443 |
| Title | Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome |
| Author | Camilla Annerfeldt |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2025-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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