Good Wives and Husbands in the Later Middle Ages
by
Glenn D. Burger
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
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,...