| From Courtesy to Civility: Changing Codes of Conduct in Early Modern England Contributor(s): Bryson, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 019821765X ISBN-13: 9780198217657 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Etiquette - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 395.094 |
| LCCN: 97032460 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 322 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |