Bøger af Dhuoda

A book of moral and religious reflections written by a Carolingian noblewoman for her teenage son. Dhuoda reveals the authority of Carolingian women in aristocratic households. She dwells on family relations, social order, and the central place of Christian devotion in a noble life.

The Liber Manualis is a guidebook to conduct and survival in tumultuous times written by a Carolingian mother for her adolescent son. Often called the first Western treatise of childhood education, it forefronts the voice of the mother, whose moral position remains unique in a patriarchal society.