Sharon Farmer is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

"This splendid book is a model of history and technical writing. Its author, a highly respected historian and scholar of textile technologies, seeks to verify the long-surmised existence of a silk industry in medieval Paris . . . This book is a masterpiece of historical research and accessible information. It should be read by the medievalist, textile technologist, and museum curator alike." (Technology and Culture) "Sharon Farmer explains why it is important to study the silk industries of medieval Paris, discussing arguments and ideas that are not only inspiring for aficionados of Parisian silk, but also for social and economic historians of the late Middle Ages." (History) "In The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris we have, for the first time, a coherent discussion of silk and accessories production that accounts for the unusual presence of female guilds in Paris. Sharon Farmer also reveals the basis of the appearance of luxury fabrics made in Paris in aristocratic and royal account books. This is an invaluable contribution to the history of women, gender, and medieval industry." (Kathryn Reyerson, University of Minnesota)

• A Note on NomenclatureList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Paris, City of ImmigrantsChapter 2. From Persian Cocoon to Soie de Paris: Trade Networks and Silk TechniquesChapter 3. Immigrant Mercers and Silk WorkersChapter 4. Gender, Work, and the Parisian Silk IndustryChapter 5. Jews, Foreign Lombards, and Parisian Silk WomenConclusionAppendices:1. Mediterranean Immigrants Paying Taxes as "Bourgeois of Paris" or Included on Parisian Guild Lists2. Mercers in the Parisian Tax Assessments, Arranged by Neighborhood3. Silk Weavers in the Parisian Tax Assessments4. Silk Throwsters in the Parisian Tax Assessments5. Ouvriers/OuvriÈres de Soie in the Parisian Tax AssessmentsNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Sharon Farmer is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

"This splendid book is a model of history and technical writing. Its author, a highly respected historian and scholar of textile technologies, seeks to verify the long-surmised existence of a silk industry in medieval Paris . . . This book is a masterpiece of historical research and accessible information. It should be read by the medievalist, textile technologist, and museum curator alike." (Technology and Culture) "Sharon Farmer explains why it is important to study the silk industries of medieval Paris, discussing arguments and ideas that are not only inspiring for aficionados of Parisian silk, but also for social and economic historians of the late Middle Ages." (History) "In The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris we have, for the first time, a coherent discussion of silk and accessories production that accounts for the unusual presence of female guilds in Paris. Sharon Farmer also reveals the basis of the appearance of luxury fabrics made in Paris in aristocratic and royal account books. This is an invaluable contribution to the history of women, gender, and medieval industry." (Kathryn Reyerson, University of Minnesota)

• A Note on NomenclatureList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Paris, City of ImmigrantsChapter 2. From Persian Cocoon to Soie de Paris: Trade Networks and Silk TechniquesChapter 3. Immigrant Mercers and Silk WorkersChapter 4. Gender, Work, and the Parisian Silk IndustryChapter 5. Jews, Foreign Lombards, and Parisian Silk WomenConclusionAppendices:1. Mediterranean Immigrants Paying Taxes as "Bourgeois of Paris" or Included on Parisian Guild Lists2. Mercers in the Parisian Tax Assessments, Arranged by Neighborhood3. Silk Weavers in the Parisian Tax Assessments4. Silk Throwsters in the Parisian Tax Assessments5. Ouvriers/OuvriÈres de Soie in the Parisian Tax AssessmentsNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Sharon Farmer is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

"This splendid book is a model of history and technical writing. Its author, a highly respected historian and scholar of textile technologies, seeks to verify the long-surmised existence of a silk industry in medieval Paris . . . This book is a masterpiece of historical research and accessible information. It should be read by the medievalist, textile technologist, and museum curator alike." (Technology and Culture) "Sharon Farmer explains why it is important to study the silk industries of medieval Paris, discussing arguments and ideas that are not only inspiring for aficionados of Parisian silk, but also for social and economic historians of the late Middle Ages." (History) "In The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris we have, for the first time, a coherent discussion of silk and accessories production that accounts for the unusual presence of female guilds in Paris. Sharon Farmer also reveals the basis of the appearance of luxury fabrics made in Paris in aristocratic and royal account books. This is an invaluable contribution to the history of women, gender, and medieval industry." (Kathryn Reyerson, University of Minnesota)

• A Note on NomenclatureList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Paris, City of ImmigrantsChapter 2. From Persian Cocoon to Soie de Paris: Trade Networks and Silk TechniquesChapter 3. Immigrant Mercers and Silk WorkersChapter 4. Gender, Work, and the Parisian Silk IndustryChapter 5. Jews, Foreign Lombards, and Parisian Silk WomenConclusionAppendices:1. Mediterranean Immigrants Paying Taxes as "Bourgeois of Paris" or Included on Parisian Guild Lists2. Mercers in the Parisian Tax Assessments, Arranged by Neighborhood3. Silk Weavers in the Parisian Tax Assessments4. Silk Throwsters in the Parisian Tax Assessments5. Ouvriers/OuvriÈres de Soie in the Parisian Tax AssessmentsNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments