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The Book of the Knight of the Tower : Manners for Young Medieval Women / by R. Barnhouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnhouse, Rebecca.
- Series:
- Arthurian and Courtly Cultures, 2945-6924
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- Sociology.
- World history.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Europe--History--476-1492.
- Sex.
- European History.
- World History, Global and Transnational History.
- Medieval Literature.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Gender Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- European History.
- Sociology.
- World History, Global and Transnational History.
- Medieval Literature.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Gender Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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'.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. The world of the book
- Ch. 2. The prologues
- Ch. 3. Turn your hearts to God - prayer
- Ch. 4. Driving the devil out - fasting and confessing your sins
- Ch. 5. Hearing God's service - going to mass
- Ch. 6. Taming the sparrowhawk - manners and marriage
- Ch. 7. Obey without complaint - being a wife
- Ch. 8. Beat them when they deserve it - raising children
- Ch. 9. I tell you, I must have it - Medieval fashion
- Ch. 10. Hearts set on this world - acting fashionable
- Ch. 11. As fire kindles straw - love and its games
- Ch. 12. The devil's subtle craft - vice and sin
- Ch. 13. True women and good ladies - virtuous living
- Ch. 14. Praising past time.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611369750
- 9781281369758
- 1281369756
- 9781403983121
- 1403983127
- OCLC:
- 647537186
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