Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-317) and index.
Contents
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.