Courtly love undressed:reading through clothes in medieval French culture
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
Publication Dates: | c2002. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
The Middle Ages series |
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http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=74580 |
Carrier Form: | 326 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 058543610X (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | I565 |
CLC: | I565.063 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-317) and index. Fortune's gown: material extravagance and the opulence of love -- Amorous attire: dressing up for love -- Love's stitches undone: women's work in the chanson de toile -- Robes, armor, and skin -- From woman's nature to nature's dress -- Saracen silk: dolls, idols, and courtly ladies -- Golden spurs: love in the eastern world of Floire et blancheflor. |