“A Medieval Home Companion” includes the husband-author’s actual letter to his wife (concerning the manual) before being divided into eight sections: (1) Worship, Dress, Comportment, & Speech (2) Chastity (3) Love (4) How to Care for a Husband (5) Gardening (6) The Household (7) The Kitchen and (8) Other Small Matters. Bayard explains why she includes some sections over others and also breaks down some areas which could cause confusion. The introduction to “A Medieval Home Companion” is valuable to the reading and NOT suggested to be skipped, as it provides helpful information on the nature of the original manuscript and of Bayard’s translation. Tonia Bayard translates portions of this in “A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Century”. During this time frame, a 60-something year-old husband wrote a manual for his 15 year-old bride which included exhaustive detail on how she should manage personal and household interactions, religious matters, and even marital intimacy. However, in 1393 this was accepted behavior as women were expected to be submissive (sadly) to their husbands. During this time frame, a 60-something year-old husband wrote a manual for his 15 year-old bride which included exhaustive detail on how she should manage personal and household interactions, religious matte Nowadays, if a man penned a manual directed to women providing instruction on how to conduct personal and household affairs one can bet that feminist groups would have a field day. Nowadays, if a man penned a manual directed to women providing instruction on how to conduct personal and household affairs one can bet that feminist groups would have a field day.
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