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The Book of the Knight of the Tower

Manners for Young Medieval Women

  • Authors
  • Rebecca Barnhouse
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Part of the Arthurian and Courtly Cultures book series (SACC)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Knight and His Book

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 9-9
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    2. The World of the Book
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 3-23

  3. The Book of the Knight of the Tower

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 24-24
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    2. The Prologues
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 27-37
    3. Turn Your Hearts to God—Prayer
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 39-52
    4. Driving the Devil Out—Fasting and Confessing Your Sins
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 53-64
    5. Hearing God’s Service—Going to Mass
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 65-74
    6. Taming the Sparrowhawk—Manners and Marriage
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 75-84
    7. Obey Without Complaint—Being a Wife
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 85-100
    8. Beat Them When They Deserve It—Raising Children
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 101-113
    9. I Tell You, I Must Have It—Medieval Fashion
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 115-132
    10. Hearts Set on This World—Acting Fashionably
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 133-154
    11. As Fire Kindles Straw—Love and Its Games
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 155-174
    12. The Devil’s Subtle Craft—Vice and Sin
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 175-193
    13. True Women and Good Ladies—Virtuous Living
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 195-211
    14. Praising Past Time
      Rebecca Barnhouse
      Pages 213-224
  4. Back Matter
    Pages 225-248
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About this book

Introduction

This book explores knightly stories of medieval manners and is a commentary on what people in the middle ages wore, how they prayed and what they hoped for in this life and the next. These stories range from the shockingly bawdy to the deeply pious, and often end with morals about the ways women can avoid 'blame, shame, and defame'.

Keywords

children Middle Ages women

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