There was a book that disappeared from my university library shortly before I got my hands on it: Clothes Make the Man: Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/081533771X/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used Turns out, used copies are pretty inexpensive, as academic books go. If it's worthwhile, let me know?
Emma ________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] on behalf of Elizabeth Jones [elizabethrjones2...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 8:06 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600 Does anyone have SCA period (i.e. medieval to 1600) images or documentation referring to cross dressing. I am in the early stages of trying to organise a Bob and Kate feast around this time next year (for those unfamiliar with the concept the name comes from the episode of Blackadder II episode 'bells' in which a young woman named Kate disguises herself as a boy called Bob to become Blackadder's manservant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_%28Blackadder%29 so obviously it's about cross dressing). It has to be in October as it's supposed to be a fundraiser for the Ovarian Cancer foundation's 'Frocktober' campaign (www.frocktober.org). A year's lead time means I hopefully have enough time to get people OK with, or maybe even excited about, the idea of cross dressing my two basic strategies are telling people that it's for a good cause and showing them that it's period (at least in certain circumstances). The 'it's period' part is where I need the help of you lovely people to dig out all of those obscure sources you have tucked away. Thanks for your help in advance, Elizabeth _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
