Book of the Knight of the Tower Manners for Young Medieval Women

Informationen zum Autor REBECCA BARNHOUSE is Associate Professor, Youngstown State University, USA. Klappentext This book explores knightly stories of medieval manners and is a commentary on what people in the middle ages wore! how they prayed and what they hoped for in this life and the next. These stories range from the shockingly bawdy to the deeply pious! and often end with morals about the ways women can avoid 'blame! shame! and defame'. Zusammenfassung This book explores knightly stories of medieval manners and is a commentary on what people in the middle ages wore! how they prayed and what they hoped for in this life and the next. These stories range from the shockingly bawdy to the deeply pious! and often end with morals about the ways women can avoid 'blame! shame! and defame'. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: THE KNIGHT AND HIS BOOK Sir Geoffrey and His Family Sir Geoffrey's Books for his Daughters William Caxton's Version Books of Courtesy and Instruction The Retelling PART II: THE BOOK OF THE KNIGHT IN THE TOWER The Prologues Honoring God Fasting and Confessing Your Sins Going to Mass Manners and Marriage Being a Wife Raising Children Fashion Being Fashionable Love and Its Games Vice and Sin Virtues Praising Past Time

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R. Barnhouse, Rebecca Barnhouse, R Barnhouse
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 28.01.2016
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9781349531592
• ISBN: 978-1-349-53159-2
• Numero di pagine: 255
• Serie: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures; Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
• Categorie: B, Gender Studies, Sociology, European History, world history, General & world history, Sociology, general, Gender studies, gender groups, World History, Global and Transnational History, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Europe—History, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Medieval Literature, Literature, Medieval, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, children;Middle Ages;women