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Crochet yourself a one-off infinity scarf with this collection of 8 new and individual patterns. Choose from a selection including a delicate lacy crochet scarf to a unique design inspired by the traditional granny square. Or why not try the 'Perfectly Plaid Infinity' scarf inspired by the plaid fabric that dominated the autumn winter 2014 catwalk collections. Whether you are looking for the latest crochet ideas, a pattern for a trendy Mobius ...

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The Middle Ages provides a particularly rich trove of hybrid creatures, semi-human beings, and composite bodies: we need only consider manuscript pages and stone capitals in Romanesque churches to picture the myriad figures incorporating both human and animal elements that allow movement between, and even confusion of, components of each realm. From Beasts to Souls: Gender and Embodiment in Medieval Europe raises the issues of species and gend...

It is stating the obvious to say that the foot in childhood is different in many respects from the foot in adulthood, but the differences can be often overlooked. The physical differences are readily apparent of course, but arguably the most important of the many differences is the malleability of the child's foot and leg, and the potential for influencing its structure and function in the long-term. This is a potential that must not be taken ...

In the later Middle Ages clothing was used to mark religious, military, and chivalric orders, in the courtly milieu, more specifically, the ostentatious display of luxury dress was used as a means of self-definition for the ruling elite. In Courtly Love Undressed, E. Jane Burns explores the representation of this material culture in the literary texts and other documents that imagine various functions for elite clothing in twelfth- and thirtee...

Contemporary feminist readers have argued that old French literary representations of women--from the excessively beautiful lady of courtly romance to the lascivious shrew of fabliau and farce--are the products of misogynous male imagination and fantasy.In Bodytalk, E. Jane Burns contends that female protagonists in medieval texts authored by men can be heard to talk back against the stereotyped and codified roles that their fictive anatomy is...

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection will be of particular use to those with a vested interest in the protection of critical infrastructures in the U.S. - its dams, chemical plants, emergency care facilities, energy plants, and nuclear facilities. Terrorists and rogue nation states have been relentless in attempts to gain access to those systems for nefarious purposes. This book provides an overview of the numerous cyber dangers our cri...

Sea of SilkA Textile Geography of Women's Work in Medieval French LiteratureE. Jane Burns"Burns shifts our focus from questions of the consumption of silk to those of its production and circulation, in so doing, she weaves a gendered history of the role this luxury textile has played in the social and libidinal economy of cultural exchange."--Sharon Kinoshita, University of California, Santa CruzThe story of silk is an old and familiar one, a ...