Courtly love undressed : reading through clothes in medieval French culture /
Clothing was used in the Middle Ages to mark religious, military, and chivalric orders, lepers, and prostitutes. The ostentatious display of luxury dress more specifically served as a means of self-definition for members of the ruling elite and the courtly lovers among them. In Courtly Love Undresse...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Middle Ages series
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