Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature (The Middle Ages Series)

Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature (The Middle Ages Series)

by E. Jane Burns (Author)

Synopsis

E. Jane Burns argues that literary portraits of medieval heroines who produce and decorate silk cloth or otherwise manipulate items of silk outline a metaphorical geography that includes northern France as an important cultural player within the silk economics of the Mediterranean.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Published: 13 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0812241541
ISBN 13: 9780812241549