The Background to Urbanus Magnus -- Genre and Urbanus Magnus -- The Manuscript Evidence -- Introduction to Themes -- The Medieval Household and Beyond -- The Medieval Body -- Medieval Dining and Diet -- New Interpretations -- Appendix A.
Summary:
"Urbanus magnus is a twelfth-century poem of almost 3,000 lines which comprehensively surveys the day-to-day life of medieval society, including issues such as moral behaviour, friendship, marriage, hospitality, table manners, and diet. Currently, it is a neglected source for the social and cultural history of daily life in medieval England, but by incorporating modern ideas of disgust and taboo, and merging anthropology, sociology, and archaeology with history, this book aims to bring it to the fore, and to show that medieval people did have standards of behaviour. Although they may seem remote to modern 'civilised' people, there is both continuity and change in human behaviour throughout the centuries"--Provided by publisher.
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