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Author Barnhouse, Rebecca.

Title The book of the knight of the tower [electronic resource] : manners for young medieval women / Rebecca Barnhouse.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 248 p.
Series Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures
Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 life.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de, 14th cent. Livre du chevalier de La Tour Landry pour l'enseignement de ses filles.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 1403983127
1403969914

 
    
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