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

by R. Barnhouse

Overview

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'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349531592
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/28/2006
Series:	Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
Edition description:	1st ed. 2006
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

REBECCA BARNHOUSE is Associate Professor, Youngstown State University, USA.

Table of Contents

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