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The Babees' Book: Medieval Manners for the Young

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A late-medieval courtesy manual translated into modern English offers practical instruction for young people on comportment in a household and at table. It prescribes greetings, posture, attentiveness, restraint in speech, and deference to superiors; details service duties such as fetching water and holding a towel; and gives concrete table rules about carving, spoon use, not sharing a cup, salt etiquette, cleanliness of hands and mouth, and avoiding habits like picking or leaning. Moral principles of cleanliness, humility, reverence, and consideration underpin the rules, and the prose retains verse forms while urging learners to ask about unfamiliar words.

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Title: The Babees' Book: Medieval Manners for the Young

Author: Frederick James Furnivall

Editor: Edith Rickert

Release date: December 1, 2018 [eBook #58392]

Language: English

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THE BABEES’ BOOK


ELIZABETH TINGLE FAIRBANKS



THE BABEES’ BOOK

MEDIEVAL MANNERS FOR
THE YOUNG

DONE INTO MODERN ENGLISH FROM
DR. FURNIVALL’S TEXTS BY
EDITH RICKERT

NEW YORK
PRIVATELY PRINTED
CHRISTMAS 1913


DEDICATED TO
E. T. F.
AND
E. T. F.