Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	215
Title	DISTAFF, II: French Dressing
Date/Time	Monday 2 July 2018: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashions (DISTAFF)
Organiser	Gale Owen-Crocker, Department of English Literature & Creative Writing, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester
Moderator/Chair	Elizabeth Coatsworth, Independent Scholar, Durham
Paper 215-a	The Mantle Is Not a Cloak: When, Where, and How Nobles Wore Mantles in Old French Literature (Language: English) Monica L. Wright, Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana, Lafayette Index Terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan; Social History
Paper 215-b	Dressing to Deceive: Cross-Dressing and Identity in Old French Fabliaux (Language: English) Vanessa Wright, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Index Terms: Art History - Painting; Canon Law; Language and Literature - French or Occitan
Paper 215-c	The Crusader's Return (Language: English) Tina Anderlini, Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (CESCM - UMR 7302), Université de Poitiers Index Terms: Art History - Sculpture; Crusades
Abstract	The first paper examines the context, form, function, and prestige of the mantle in French Romance literature. The second focusses on medieval French cross-dressing literature with emphasis on the literature's interaction with canon law and visual depictions of cross-dressing in manuscript miniatures. Finally, a sculpture in the Musée Lorrain, Nancy, known as 'Le Retour du Croisé', is usually interpreted as a lady greeting her husband on his return from the 2nd Crusade, but close examination of her dress suggests that she, too, travelled to the Holy Land.