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Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature

By E. Jane Burns

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780812291254
DOI
10.9783/9780812291254
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1732708 bytes)
Pages
272\272
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 18:52:14

Description

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. 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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