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Author:   Fiona Whelan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780367890049

ISBN 10:   0367890046
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Manuscript Sigla Introduction Chapter 1. The Background to Urbanus Magnus Content Introduction to the Manuscripts Composition Authorship Chapter 2. Genre and Urbanus Magnus Scholarship on Urbanus Magnus The Genre of Courtesy Literature The Origins of Courtesy Literature Other Sources Chapter 3. The Manuscript Evidence Twelfth-Century Satire An Educational Tool Religious Use A Medical Text Chapter 4. Introduction to Themes Chapter 5. The Medieval Household and Beyond Administering the Household Householder, Home, and Hospitality Children and Wives Staff and Servants Outside the Household Social Mobility and Appropriate Courtesy Chapter 6. The Medieval Body in Urbanus Magnus Bodily Moderation and Restraint Speech and Laughter Bodily Vices The Body and Sex Bodily Emissions Disgust Chapter 7. Medieval Dining and Diet The Archaeological Evidence The Medieval Meal Preparation and Consumption Manners Continuity and Change Diet and Health Chapter 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 Conclusion Appendix: Contenances de table poems Bibliography Index

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Fiona Whelan completed her DPhil in Medieval History at the University of Oxford in 2015, and has previously studied at Trinity College Dublin and University College London. She has published on manuscript dissemination and has contributed to the collection Transformations and Continuities in the Eleventh Century: The Archaeology of the Norman Conquest. She currently works for the University of Oxford and her research interests include the cultivation of norms of behaviour, food and diet in the medieval period, household administration, and the manuscript culture of early courtesy literature.

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