Conduct becoming : good wives and husbands in the later Middle Ages /

Conduct Becoming examines a new genre of late medieval writing that focuses on a wife's virtuous conduct and ability of such conduct to alter marital and social relations in the world. Considering a range of texts written for women-the journées chrétiennes or daily guides for Christian living...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burger, Glenn, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
To 1500
Wives > Europe > Conduct of life > History > To 1500.
Wives > Religious life > Europe > History > To 1500.
Sex role > Europe > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Women > Books and reading > Europe > History > To 1500.
Wives in literature > History > To 1500.
Conduct of life in literature > History > To 1500.
Marriage in literature > History > To 1500.
Virtue in literature > History > To 1500.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Conduct of life in literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Marriage in literature.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Virtue in literature.
Wives > Conduct of life.
Wives in literature.
Wives > Religious life.
Women > Books and reading.
Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Loving, reading, acting in a marrying kind of way
  • Chapter 1. Laboring to make the good wife good in the Journées Chrétiennes
  • Chapter 2. Remaking the feminine
  • Chapter 3. In the merchant's bedchamber: Le Menagier de Paris
  • Chapter 4. Affecting conduct: Feeling steadfast with Griselda
  • Conclusion.

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