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From Courtesy to Civility

- Changing Codes of Conduct in Early Modern England

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What counted as good and bad manners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Anna Bryson explores what is often entertaining evidence for Tudor and Stuart ideas of bodily decency and decorum, table manners and polite conversation, and also shows the crucial importance of the values of 'courtesy' and 'civility' in an aristocratic society.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780198217657
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 322
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. juli 1998
  • Størrelse:
  • 146x225x22 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 558 g.
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 2. december 2024

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What counted as good and bad manners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Anna Bryson explores what is often entertaining evidence for Tudor and Stuart ideas of bodily decency and decorum, table manners and polite conversation, and also shows the crucial importance of the values of 'courtesy' and 'civility' in an aristocratic society.

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