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Ménagier de Paris

Chemin de Povreté et de Richesse & husbandly subordination

Drawing upon practical reason and folk wisdom, Le Chemin de Povreté et de Richesse urges husbandly subordination even to apparently lunatic wives. … Read the post Chemin de Povreté et de Richesse & husbandly subordination

medieval husband fantasy: hardships, comfort & forgiveness

Le Ménagier de Paris includes a poignant medieval husband’s fantasy of hardships of work, comforts from a wife, and forgiveness for adultery. … Read the post medieval husband fantasy: hardships, comfort & forgiveness

Ménagier de Paris: bureaucratic reality in medieval marriage

Le Ménagier de Paris, a medieval household book written in French about 1393, makes clear that even Christian marriage had bureaucratic characteristics. … Read the post Ménagier de Paris: bureaucratic reality in medieval marriage