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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, E. Jane, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Women silk industry workers in literature.
Silk industry in literature.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Women silk industry workers > Mediterranean Region > History.
Silk Road > In literature.
Table of Contents:
  • 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'Enéas, 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.