Textiles of Medieval Iberia

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. 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. 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. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. 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.

• IntroductionMaría Barrigón, Naḥum Ben-Yehuda, Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Joana Sequeira I The Historical Background/Context1 From the Five Kingdoms to the Hispanic Monarchy: Political Structures, Ideology and Historical Development in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula (1157-1504)David Nogales Rincón II Techniques, Trade and Industry 2 Textile Techniques in the Iberian Peninsula (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries)María Barrigón3 Cloth Tade in the Iberian Kingdoms during the Late Middle AgesMáximo Diago Hernando 4 Textiles in the Crown of Aragon: Production, Commerce, ConsumptionGermán Navarro Espinach 5 The Textile Industry in al-AndalusAdela Fábregas 6 Flax, Wool and Silk: Textile Industries in Medieval PortugalJoana Sequeira III Social Context 7 Dress as a Language: A Survey of ArabicTexts from al-AndalusManuela Marín 8 Muslim Dress in Medieval Portugal: Textual Evidence in the Context of the Iberian Peninsula †Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros9 Medieval Castilian Garments and their Arabic NamesDolores Serrano-Niza10 Clothing, Furnishings and Ceremonies at the Castilian Court (c. 1214−c. 1332)María Barrigón11 Fabrics and Attire at the Court of Navarre in the Second Half of the Fourteenth CenturyMerche Osés Urricelqui 12 Textile Production and Jewish Clothing in the Iberian Peninsula: Characteristics, Customs and Differences between Catalan and Other Jewish CommunitiesEsperança Valls Pujol 13 Silk as Reflected in Medieval Iberian Jewish LiteratureNaḥum Ben-Yehuda14 The Garment and the Difference: The Attire of Portuguese Jews and New Christians (Conversos) during the Thirteenth to Fifteenth centuriesSusana Bastos MateusIndex of Persons and PlacesIndex of Textile terms

Richement illustré, agrémenté de deux index dont un consacré aux termes textiles, il offre un panorama général sur l'économie textile et la culture matérielle de l'habillement dans la péninsule Ibérique médiévale qui englobait alors une multitude de territoires constituant l'Espagne et le Portugal actuels, et se distinguait par un brassage ethnique et religieux entre chrétiens, musulmans et juifs.Richly illustrated, embellished with two indexes including one devoted to textile terms, it offers a general overview of the textile economy and the material culture of clothing in the peninsula Medieval Iberia, which then encompassed a multitude of territories constituting modern day Spain and Portugal, and was distinguished by an ethnic mix and religious between Christians, Muslims and Jews.