Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5101
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Izbicki , Thomas M.
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  • Title: Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy [Ecclesiastical efforts to regulate vanity of dress were few in late medieval Italy. Most significant was a constitution written by Cardinal Latino Malabranca intended to limit display of flesh and waste of cloth. By the fourteenth century compromises were being made in the enforcement of this decree, and new issues involving the wearing of jewelry and other ornaments were being addressed. By the fifteenth century, sumptuary legislation was largely left to the Italian communes, although some of the clergy still advocated strict measures against vain dress and ornamentation. The appendices include: Appendix 3.1 Cardinal Latino Malabranca's Constitution on Women's dress (1279); Appendix 3.2 Cardinal Bertrand du Poujet's Modification of Cardinal Latino's Constitution (ca. 1327) ; Appendix 3.3 The Constitution of Antonio d'Orso Biliotti, Bishop of Florence (ca. 1310). Title note submitted by the author.]
  • Source:   Edited by Robin Netherton; Gale R. Owen-CrockerMedieval Clothing and Textiles 5, ( 2009): Pages 37 - 53.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article ;Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence and Saint Biliotti, Antonio d’Orso, Bishop of Florence Clothing Excommunication Jewelry Law Malabranca, Latino, Cardinal Poujet, Bertrand du, Cardinal Sumptuary Laws
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13- 14- 15
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  • Year of Publication: 2009.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 17445787 ;1843834510