From Courtesy to Civility: Changing Codes of Conduct in Early Modern England
- ISBN-10
- 019821765X
- ISBN-13
- 9780198217657
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Anna Bryson
Description
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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