Tracey is a PhD candidate in Medieval Studies under the supervision of Jane Hawkes. She completed a BA and MA at York, and her thesis addresses the absence of a body of scholarship devoted to the use and perception of textiles and clothing in Anglo-Saxon England; examining the degree to which the art historical and archaeological evidence for early medieval textiles, clothing and adornment can be woven into and supported by the literature (vernacular and Latin, secular and ecclesiastical) produced and circulating in Anglo-Saxon England. Adopting an art historical approach to the material and visual evidence, alongside the way language was used and narratives were structured, to vastly enhance our understanding of ‘appearance’ in Anglo-Saxon England.