The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris : Artisanal Migration, Technological Innovation, and Gendered Experience / Sharon Farmer.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Nomenclature and Money -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Paris, City of Immigrants -- Chapter 2. From Persian Cocoon to Soie de Paris: Trade Networks and Silk Techniques -- Chapter 3. Immigrant Mercers and Silk Workers -- Chapter 4. Gender, Work, and the Parisian Silk Industry -- Chapter 5. Jews, Foreign Lombards, and Parisian Silk Women -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Mediterranean Immigrants Paying Taxes as “Bourgeois of Paris” or Included on Parisian Guild Lists -- Appendix 2. Mercers in the Parisian Tax Assessments, Arranged by Neighborhood -- Appendix 3. Silk Weavers in the Parisian Tax Assessments -- Appendix 4. Silk Throwsters in the Parisian Tax Assessments -- Appendix 5. Ouvriers/Ouvrie`res de Soie in the Parisian Tax Assessments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments

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In English.

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