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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Manuscript sigla; Introduction; 1 The background to Urbanus magnus; Content; Introduction to the manuscripts; Composition; Authorship; 2 Genre and Urbanus magnus; Scholarship on Urbanus magnus; The genre of courtesy literature; The origins of courtesy literature; Other sources; 3 The manuscript evidence; Twelfth-century satire; An educational tool; Religious use; A medical text; 4 Introduction to themes; 5 The medieval household and beyond; Administering the household; Householder, home, and hospitality |
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Children and wivesStaff and servants; Outside the household; Social mobility and appropriate courtesy; 6 The medieval body in Urbanus magnus; Bodily moderation and restraint; Speech and laughter; Bodily vices; The body and sex; Bodily emissions; Disgust; 7 Medieval dining and diet; The archaeological evidence; The medieval meal; Preparation and consumption; Manners; Continuity and change; Diet and health; 8 New interpretations; The impetus for and precursors to Urbanus magnus; Origins; Social habitus; The court of Henry II; 'A monument to anxiety'; Use; The impact of Urbanus magnus |
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9 ConclusionAppendix: Contenances de table poems; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Interpersonal relations -- England -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
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Interpersonal relations
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315524870 |
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1315524872 |
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