The book of the knight of the tower [electronic resource] : manners for young medieval women / Rebecca Barnhouse.
By: Barnhouse, Rebecca.
Contributor(s): La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de. Livre du chevalier de La Tour Landry pour l'enseignement de ses filles | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: 248 p.Subject(s): La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de, 14th cent. Livre du chevalier de La Tour Landry pour l'enseignement de ses filles | Young women -- Conduct of life | Christian women -- Conduct of lifeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 170.82 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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