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Enide’s tattered dress and Erec’s fabulous coronation robe; Yvain’s nudity in the forest, which prevents maidens who know him well clothed from identifying him; Lanval’s fairy-lady parading about in the Arthurian court, scantily dressed, for all to observe: just why is clothing so important in twelfth-century French romance? This interdisciplinary book explores how writers of this era used clothing as a signifier with multiple meanings for many narrative purposes. Clothing figured prominently in twelfth-century France, where exotic fabrics and furs came to define a social elite. Monica Wright shows that representations of clothing are not mere embellishments to the text; they help form the textual weave of the romances in which they appear. This book is about how these descriptions are constructed, what they mean, and how clothing becomes an active part of romance composition—the ways in which writers use it to develop and elaborate character, to advance or stall the plot, and to structure the narrative generally.

French poetry --- Material culture in literature --- Clothing and dress in literature --- Literature and society --- Romances --- Romance Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- French Literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Chivalric romances --- Chivalry --- Courtly romances --- French romances --- Medieval romances --- Romances, French --- Romans courtois --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Costume in literature --- Social aspects --- French literature --- Literature, Medieval --- Sociolinguistics --- Material culture in literature. --- Clothing and dress in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Poésie française --- Culture matérielle dans la littérature --- Vêtements dans la littérature --- Littérature et société --- Roman courtois --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire

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Manufacturing technologies --- History --- anno 500-1499

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William W. Kibler is one of the most productive and versatile medievalists of his generation. Some scholars and students think of him primarily as a specialist in the medieval epic, whereas others consider him to be an Arthurian scholar. He is of course both, but he is also much more: a consummate philologist and editor of texts and also a prolific and accomplished translator. Above all, those who know him best know him as an extraordinarily generous and modest man. The present volume represents an effort by thirty medievalists, specialists in fields as diverse as William Kibler’s interests, to indicate our respect for him, aptly described in the foreword as “scholar, teacher, friend.”

French literature --- Literature, Medieval --- History and criticism --- Kibler, William W., --- Old French literature --- French literature. --- Literature, Medieval. --- Medieval literature --- History and criticism. --- To 1500 --- Kibler, W. W. --- French literature - To 1500 - History and criticism --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism --- Kibler, William W., - 1942 --- -French literature --- -Old French literature --- Kibler, William W., - 1942-

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The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

Civilization, Medieval. --- Textile fabrics, Medieval. --- Medieval textile fabrics --- Clothing and dress --- History --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medieval civilization --- Middle Ages --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Renaissance --- Textile fabrics, Medieval --- European fashion. --- Medieval clothing. --- clothing research. --- historical textiles. --- material culture. --- medieval fashion. --- medieval society. --- textile history. --- textile technology. --- textiles.