Sea of silk : a textile geography of women's work in medieval French literature

Women and silk: remapping the silk routes from China to France -- Women silk workers from King Arthur's France to King Roger's Palermo (Yvain ou le chevalier au lion) -- Women working silk from Constantinople to Lotharingia (Le dit de l'empereur constant, le roman de la rose ou de Gui...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Burns, E. Jane 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, Pa. : Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:The Middle Ages series
Schlagworte:French literature Women silk industry workers in literature Silk industry in literature Clothing and dress in literature Women silk industry workers Französisch Literatur Seidenstraße Gewand Seidenweber Geschichte 1100-1500
Umfang:VIII, 264 S.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Women and silk: remapping the silk routes from China to France
  • Women silk workers from King Arthur's France to King Roger's Palermo (Yvain ou le chevalier au lion)
  • Women working silk from Constantinople to Lotharingia (Le dit de l'empereur constant, le roman de la rose ou de Guillaume de Dole)
  • Following two "ladies of Carthage" from Tyre to North Africa and Spain to France (Le roman d'enas, Aucassin et Nicolette)
  • Women mapping a silk route from Saint-Denis to Jerusalem and Constantinople (Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne)
  • Silk between virgins: following a relic from Constantinople to Chartres.