Edited by G. R. Owen-Crocker, M. Barrigón, N. Ben-Yehuda and J. Sequeira

Introduction
María Barrigón, Näum Ben-Yehuda, Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Joana Sequeira

I The Historical Background/Context

1 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 Barrigón

3 Cloth Tade in the Iberian Kingdoms during the Late Middle Ages
Máximo Diago Hernando

4 Textiles in the Crown of Aragon: Production, Commerce, Consumption
Germán Navarro Espinach

5 The Textile Industry in al-Andalus
Adela Fábregas

6 Flax, Wool and Silk: Textile Industries in Medieval Portugal
Joana Sequeira

III Social Context

7 Dress as a Language: A Survey of ArabicTexts from al-Andalus
Manuela Marín

8 Muslim Dress in Medieval Portugal: Textual Evidence in the Context of the Iberian Peninsula
¿Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros

9 Medieval Castilian Garments and their Arabic Names
Dolores Serrano-Niza

10 Clothing, Furnishings and Ceremonies at the Castilian Court (c. 1214¿c. 1332)
María Barrigón

11 Fabrics and Attire at the Court of Navarre in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century
Merche Osés Urricelqui

12 Textile Production and Jewish Clothing in the Iberian Peninsula: Characteristics, Customs and Differences between Catalan and Other Jewish Communities
Esperança Valls Pujol

13 Silk as Reflected in Medieval Iberian Jewish Literature
Na¿um Ben-Yehuda

14 The Garment and the Difference: The Attire of Portuguese Jews and New Christians (Conversos) during the Thirteenth to Fifteenth centuries
Susana Bastos Mateus

Index of Persons and Places
Index of Textile terms