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The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Sharon Farmer
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Sharon Farmer analyzes the evidence concerning the medieval silk industry, adding new perspectives to our understanding of medieval French history, luxury trade
The Medieval Economy of Salvation
Language: en
Pages: 485
Authors: Adam J. Davis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, along
The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice
Language: en
Pages: 478
Authors: Luca MolĂ 
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-04-01 - Publisher: JHU Press

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How 16th century Venetian silk manufacturers met the challenge of demand for lighter and cheaper fabric. The manufacture of luxury textiles, such as silk, was c
The Beguines of Medieval Paris
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Tanya Stabler Miller
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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In the thirteenth century, Paris was the largest city in Western Europe, the royal capital of France, and the seat of one of Europe's most important universitie
Women's Networks in Medieval France
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Kathryn L. Reyerson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-01 - Publisher: Springer

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This book illuminates the connections and interaction among women and between women and men during the medieval period. To do this, Kathryn L. Reyerson focuses