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

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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Burns, E. Jane, 1948- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Old French
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780812291254