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

By: Barnhouse, RebeccaContributor(s): La Tour Landry, Geoffroy deMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures SerPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781403983121Subject(s): Christian women -- Conduct of life | La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de, -- 14th cent. -- Livre du chevalier de La Tour Landry pour l'enseignement de ses filles | Young women -- Conduct of lifeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Book of the Knight of the Tower : Manners for Young Medieval WomenDDC classification: 170.82 LOC classification: D900-D2027HM401-1281Online resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The Knight and His Book -- Chapter 1 The World of the Book -- Shining Knights and Ladies Fair-Sir Geoffrey and His Family -- I Wanted to Make Them a Little Book-Sir Geoffrey's Manuscript for His Daughters -- Begun and Finished in One Day-William Caxton's Version -- Medieval Bestsellers-Books of Courtesy and Instruction -- The Retelling -- Part II The Book of the Knight of the Tower -- Chapter 2 The Prologues -- Because I am Ignorant-Caxton's Prologue -- Blame, Shame, and Defame-Sir Geoffrey's Prologue -- Chapter 3 Turn Your Hearts to God-Prayer -- Chapter 4 Driving the Devil Out-Fasting and Confessing Your Sins -- A Full Belly Will Never Be Devout-Fasting -- Black Spots on a Silver Plate-Confessing Your Sins -- Chapter 5 Hearing God's Service-Going to Mass -- Chapter 6 Taming the Sparrowhawk-Manners and Marriage -- Chapter 7 Obey Without Complaint-Being a Wife -- Chapter 8 Beat Them When They Deserve It-Raising Children -- Chapter 9 I Tell You, I Must Have It-Medieval Fashion -- Chapter 10 Hearts Set on This World-Acting Fashionably -- Chide to This Wisp of Straw-Arguing -- When the Dancing and Singing Begins-Jousts and Feasts -- Not for Fun, but for Devotion-Pilgrimages -- Chapter 11 As Fire Kindles Straw-Love and Its Games -- Chapter 12 The Devil's Subtle Craft-Vice and Sin -- Listening to the Serpent-The Nine Follies of Eve -- Juggling Coal into Beauty-Flattery -- Like a Toad on the Heart-Anger -- Gold, the Devil's Servant-Greed -- Living like a Beast-Gluttony -- Joined like a Dog to a Bitch-Lechery -- Chapter 13 True Women and Good Ladies-Virtuous Living -- Good Ladies of the Present Time -- Chapter 14 Praising Past Time -- Caxton's Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Summary: A translation of the important Medieval text.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The Knight and His Book -- Chapter 1 The World of the Book -- Shining Knights and Ladies Fair-Sir Geoffrey and His Family -- I Wanted to Make Them a Little Book-Sir Geoffrey's Manuscript for His Daughters -- Begun and Finished in One Day-William Caxton's Version -- Medieval Bestsellers-Books of Courtesy and Instruction -- The Retelling -- Part II The Book of the Knight of the Tower -- Chapter 2 The Prologues -- Because I am Ignorant-Caxton's Prologue -- Blame, Shame, and Defame-Sir Geoffrey's Prologue -- Chapter 3 Turn Your Hearts to God-Prayer -- Chapter 4 Driving the Devil Out-Fasting and Confessing Your Sins -- A Full Belly Will Never Be Devout-Fasting -- Black Spots on a Silver Plate-Confessing Your Sins -- Chapter 5 Hearing God's Service-Going to Mass -- Chapter 6 Taming the Sparrowhawk-Manners and Marriage -- Chapter 7 Obey Without Complaint-Being a Wife -- Chapter 8 Beat Them When They Deserve It-Raising Children -- Chapter 9 I Tell You, I Must Have It-Medieval Fashion -- Chapter 10 Hearts Set on This World-Acting Fashionably -- Chide to This Wisp of Straw-Arguing -- When the Dancing and Singing Begins-Jousts and Feasts -- Not for Fun, but for Devotion-Pilgrimages -- Chapter 11 As Fire Kindles Straw-Love and Its Games -- Chapter 12 The Devil's Subtle Craft-Vice and Sin -- Listening to the Serpent-The Nine Follies of Eve -- Juggling Coal into Beauty-Flattery -- Like a Toad on the Heart-Anger -- Gold, the Devil's Servant-Greed -- Living like a Beast-Gluttony -- Joined like a Dog to a Bitch-Lechery -- Chapter 13 True Women and Good Ladies-Virtuous Living -- Good Ladies of the Present Time -- Chapter 14 Praising Past Time -- Caxton's Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

A translation of the important Medieval text.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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