| Abstract: | This paper commemorates the eighth centenary of the deaths of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and his Queen, Eleanor Plantagenet (d. 1214) who founded the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas (Burgos) and were buried there. It examines how their grave goods were categorised and aims to address recent misconceptions related to the original locations and functions of these textiles and the techniques with which they were made. The outcome of this analysis of original sources and the textiles themselves is a major reassessment of where these grave goods were located in the thirteenth century: seven textile items, including clothing, have been allocated to the King instead of only one, and thirty-eight have been allocated to the Queen instead of fourteen, while three have been removed from this category. |
