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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Of the two fancy-dress shows in New York museums this spring, “Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty” at the Metropolitan, and “Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval ...

Louise D'Arcens receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Middle Ages might seem the last place feminists would go to seek inspiration. But from around the 1850s advocates for dress ...

Laura Kalas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Detail from a 10th century religious book is seen displayed at the library at Salisbury Cathedral in England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from ...

KINGSTON, N.Y.— The Society for Creative Anachronism, Shire of Nordenhal, will present “Life in the Middle Ages” at the Matthewis Persen House Museum at 74 John St. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, ...