A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England During the Middle Ages
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A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England During the Middle Ages includes illustrations drawn from illuminations in contemporary manuscripts and other sources. The account of domestic buildings describes a lord hearing a plot from his chamber, taking the incident as evidence that the construction allowed occupants to hear what happened outside.
The discussion of sleeping customs explains that crowns worn by a king and queen in a bed illustration conventionally indicate rank, rather than an actual habit of sleeping crowned. The treatment of card-playing records extravagant play in Germany and attacks and satire directed against the practice by reformers among the clergy.
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- Thomas Wright
- Pages
- 490
- Language
- English
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- European History
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