{"product_id":"the-good-wifes-guide-le-menagier-de-paris-a-medieval-household-book-hardback-9780801447389","title":"The Good Wife's Guide (Le Ménagier De Paris); A Medieval Household Book (Hardback) 9780801447389","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Good Wife's Guide (Le Ménagier De Paris)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Medieval Household Book\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGina L. Greco (Translated by), Christine M. Rose (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801447389\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cookbook section contains over 350 recipes, and if many of them are taken from authorities such as the royal chef Taillevent, the author is quite opinionated about what works and what doesn't; he improves some recipes and offers others that seem to be his own. No man before or since has known more about running an affluent household, from keeping vermin out of linen to shopping in the market to caring for hunting hawks. The work has a peculiar tone, bossy yet tender, even elegiac. In their introduction the translators emphasize the husband's firm desire to subordinate his wife, but acknowledge that they found the book more appealing than they had originally expected.\u003c\/p\u003e - Paul Freedman (Times Literary Supplement)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the closing years of the fourteenth century, an anonymous French writer compiled a book addressed to a fifteen-year-old bride, narrated in the voice of her husband, a wealthy, aging Parisian. The book was designed to teach this young wife the moral attributes, duties, and conduct befitting a woman of her station in society, in the almost certain event of her widowhood and subsequent remarriage. The work also provides a rich assembly of practical materials for the wife's use and for her household, including treatises on gardening and shopping, tips on choosing servants, directions on the medical care of horses and the training of hawks, plus menus for elaborate feasts, and more than 380 recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Wife's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the first complete modern English translation of this important medieval text also known as \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe MÉnagier de Paris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(the Parisian household book), a work long recognized for its unique insights into the domestic life of the bourgeoisie during the later Middle Ages. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Wife's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, expertly rendered into modern English by Gina L. Greco and Christine M. Rose, is accompanied by an informative critical introduction setting the work in its proper medieval context as a conduct manual. This edition presents the book in its entirety, as it must have existed for its earliest readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is now a treasure for the classroom, appealing to anyone studying medieval literature or history or considering the complex lives of medieval women. It illuminates the milieu and composition process of medieval authors and will in turn fascinate cooking or horticulture enthusiasts. The work illustrates how a (perhaps fictional) Parisian householder of the late fourteenth century might well have trained his wife so that her behavior could reflect honorably on him and enhance his reputation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Maid to Order: The Good Wife of Paris\u003cbr\u003e The Book: Backgrounds, Narrator, Genre, Sources\u003cbr\u003e Contexts: Conduct Books and Household Books\u003cbr\u003e Glossing the Tale of Griselda: The Model Wife and Marriage in Le Ménagier de Paris\u003cbr\u003e Translation ProtocolsThe Good Wife's Guide: The English Text of Le Ménagier de Paris\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Introductory Note to Articles 1.1-1.3\u003cbr\u003e Prayers and Orderly Dress (1.1)\u003cbr\u003e Behavior and Attire in Public (1.2)\u003cbr\u003e The Mass, Confession, the Vices and Virtues (1.3)\u003cbr\u003e On Chastity (1.4)\u003cbr\u003e Devotion to Your Husband (1.5)\u003cbr\u003e Obedience (including the Story of Griselda) (1.6)\u003cbr\u003e The Care of the Husband's Person (1.7)\u003cbr\u003e The Husband's Secrets (1.8)\u003cbr\u003e Introductory Note to Article 1.9\u003cbr\u003e Providing Your Husband with Good Counsel (including the Story of Melibee) (1.9)\u003cbr\u003e Introductory Note to Article 2.1\u003cbr\u003e Le Chemin de povreté et de richesse (2.1)\u003cbr\u003e Horticulture (2.2) 2\u003cbr\u003e Choosing and Caring for Servants and Horses (2.3)\u003cbr\u003e Introductory Note to Article 3.2\u003cbr\u003e Hawking Treatise (3.2)\u003cbr\u003e Menus (2.4)\u003cbr\u003e Recipes (2.5)Glossary of Culinary Terms\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541611802904,"sku":"9780801447389","price":58.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-good-wifes-guide-le-menagier-de-paris-a-medieval-household-book-hardback-9780801447389","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}