Courtly love undressed:reading through clothes in medieval French culture

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burns E. Jane 1948-
Corporate Authors: NetLibrary, Inc
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia
Publication Dates: c2002.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The Middle Ages series
Subjects:
Online Access: 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.