The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of the chat of a little band of tailors seated cross-legged on their boards; they gossip across the centuries, feeling, as they should, very busy and important. As you will see, I have devoted myself entirely to civil costume—that is, the clothes a man or a woman would wear from choice, and not by reason of an appointment to some ecclesiastical post, or to a military calling, or to the Bar, or the Bench. Such clothes are but symbols of their trades and professions, and have been dealt with by persons who specialize in those professions. (Summary excerpted from Introduction.)
Chapters
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00 - Introduction Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:05
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02 - William The Second Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 11:09
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03 - Henry The First Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 9:03
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04 - Stephen Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 17:36
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05 - Henry The Second Read by Bellona Times and 1 other 9:08
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06 - Richard The First Read by Bellona Times and 1 other 7:52
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07 - John Read by Lucy Perry and 1 other 4:43
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08 - Henry The Third Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 10:42
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09 - The Country Folk Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:25
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10 - Edward The First Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 12:46
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11 - Edward The Second Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 11:02
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12 - Edward The Third Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 21:43
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13 - Richard The Second Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 21:39
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14 - The End of the Fourteenth Century Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 13:12
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15 - Henry The Fourth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:25
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16 - Henry The Fifth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 18:43
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17 - Henry The Sixth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 27:40
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18 - Edward The Fourth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 18:23
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19 - Edward The Fifth, Richard The Third Read by Diana Majlinger and 1 other 11:31
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20 - Henry The Seventh Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 26:19
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21 - Henry The Eighth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 27:53
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22 - Edward The Sixth Read by summerdaze 9:25
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23 - Mary Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 7:41
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24 - Elizabeth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 28:27
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25 - Shakespeare and Clothes Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 9:43
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26 - James The First Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and 1 other 17:33
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27 - Charles The First Read by Kalynda and 1 other 15:37
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28 - The Cromwells Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:01
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29 - Charles The Second Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:12
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30 - Pepys and Clothes Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 9:08
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31 - James The Second Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:19
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32 - William and Mary Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 12:39
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33 - Queen Anne Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 12:32
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34 - George The First Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 9:23
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35 - George The Second Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 16:40
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36 - George The Third Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:35
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37 - George The Fourth Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 13:59
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38 - Powder and Patches Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 11:03
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39 - Beau Brummell and Clothes Read by Bellona Times 11:41
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