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Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature - The Middle Ages Series E. Jane Burns
Sea of Silk: A Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French Literature - The Middle Ages Series
E. Jane Burns
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.
272 pages, 25 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 11, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812241549 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 236 × 25 mm · 596 g |
| Series Editor | Karras, Ruth Mazo |