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From Courtesy to Civility: Changing Codes of Conduct in Early Modern England - Oxford Studies in Social History
Bryson, Anna (Advisor, Advisor, Charles University, Prague)
From Courtesy to Civility: Changing Codes of Conduct in Early Modern England - Oxford Studies in Social History
Bryson, Anna (Advisor, Advisor, Charles University, Prague)
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.
322 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 30, 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9780198217657 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 322 |
Dimensions | 146 × 225 × 22 mm · 558 g |