Medieval Conduct
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Medieval Conduct
By (Author) Kathleen Ashley
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st April 2001
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
809.02
Physical Properties
Paperback
264
Width 149mm, Height 229mm, Spine 15mm
Description
Medieval conduct texts provided behavioral guidelines for men, women and children on a wide range of issues, including food, fashion and general behaviour. These nine papers, resulting from sessions of the International Congress on Medieval Studies held at Western Michigan University between 1992 and 1995, focus on the role of gender and social status in the interpretation of these texts. Didactic and literary texts are examined including Courtesy books aimed at gentlemen, Christine de Pizan's works, Middle High German advice poems, educational treatises, trial records, devotional texts and dramatic works.
