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Contents: Introduction, Catherine Richardson; Section 1 Fabrics of Nation: The cultural significance of costume books in 16th century Europe, Ulrike Ilg; A question of nation: foreign cloth on the English subject, Roze Hentschell; Tomb effigies and archaic dress in 16th century Ireland, Elizabeth Wincott Heckett; The formation of Russian women's costume at the time before the reforms of Peter the Great, Oksana Sekatcheva. Section 2 Marking Distinctions: Clothing courtesans: fabrics, signals, and experiences, Tessa Storey; Clothing the naked in Late Medieval East Kent, Sheila Sweetinburgh; Dress, nudity and Calvinist culture in 16th century France, Graeme Murdock; Social fabric in Thynne's Debate Between Pride and Lowliness, Claire Bartram. Section 3 Material Movements: Clothing distributions and social relations c.1350-1500, Joanna Crawford; Fashion, finance, foreign politics and the wardrobe of Henry VIII, Maria Hayward; Reworked material: discourses of clothing culture in Early 16th century Greenwich, Elisabeth Salter. Section 4 Discourse, Body, Gender: 'This one poore blacke gowne lined with white': the clothing of the 16th century English book, Helen Smith; 'Havying nothing upon hym saving onely his sherte': event, narrative and material culture in Early Modern England, Catherine Richardson; Rips and slits: the torn garment and the Medieval self, Andrea Denny-Brown; Speaking to reveal: the body and acts of 'exposure' in Early Modern popular discourse, Elizabeth Hallam. Bibliography; Index.