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Title Textiles of medieval Iberia : cloth and clothing in a multi-cultural context / edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker, with María Barrigón, Naḥum Ben-Yehuda and Joana Sequeira
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 391 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Medieval and Renaissance clothing and textiles
Medieval and Renaissance clothing and textiles.
Contents Introduction / María Barrigón, Naḥum Ben-Yehuda, Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Joana Sequeira -- 1. From the Five Kingdoms to the Hispanic Monarchy / David Nogales Rincón -- 2. Textile techniques in the Iberian Peninsula / María Barrigón -- 3. Cloth trade in the Iberian Kingdoms during the late Middle Ages / Máximo Diago Hernando -- 4. Textiles in the Crown of Aragon / Germán Navarro Espinach -- 5. The textile industry in al-Andalus / Adela Fábregas -- 6. Flax, wool and silk: Textile industries in medieval Portugal / Joana Sequeira -- 7. Dress as a language: A survey of Arabic texts from al-Andalus / Manuela Marín -- 8. Muslim dress in medieval Portugal: Textual evidence in the context of the Iberian Peninsula / Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros -- 9. Medieval Castilian garments and their Arabic names / Dolores Serrano-Niza -- 10. Clothing, furnishings and ceremonies at the Castilian Court / María Barrigón -- 11. Fabrics and attire at the Court of Navarre in the second half of the fourteenth century / Merche Osés Urricelqui -- 12. Textile production and Jewish clothing in the Iberian Peninsula / Esperança Valls Pujol -- 13. Silk as reflected in medieval Iberian Jewish literature / Naḥum Ben-Yehuda -- 14. The garment and the difference: The attire of Portuguese Jews and new Christians (Conversos) / Susana Bastos Mateus
Summary An examination of the fabrics, garments and cloth of the Iberian Middle Ages, bringing out in particular the international context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of The University of Manchester, UK. She has published extensively on early medieval culture, especially dress and textiles. María Barrigón is a curator responsible for medieval textiles at the Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Spain. She has published on the Las Huelgas collection and other early textiles. Naḥum Ben-Yehuda is an ordained rabbi and MA in Jewish history. He researches and publishes on textiles and garments in Biblical and Rabbinic texts. Joana Sequeira is a Contracted Researcher at the University of Minho (Lab2PT), Portugal. A medieval economic historian, she publishes on textile production, trade and consumption
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Subject Textile fabrics, Medieval -- Iberian Peninsula
Textile fabrics -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- To 1500
Textile fabrics -- Iberian Peninsula -- Religious aspects
Textile fabrics -- Social aspects -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY / Medieval.
Textile fabrics
Textile fabrics, Medieval
Textile fabrics -- Religious aspects
Textile fabrics -- Social aspects
Europe -- Iberian Peninsula
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Owen-Crocker, Gale R., editor.
Barrigón, María (Museum curator), editor.
Ben-Yehuda, Naḥum, editor.
Sequeira, Joana, 1985- editor.
Fábregas, Adela, contributor.
Diago Hernando, Máximo, contributor.
Marín, Manuela, 1945- contributor.
Mateus, Susana Bastos, contributor.
Navarro Espinach, Germán, contributor.
Nogales Rincón, David, contributor.
ISBN 9781800106529
1800106521