From Courtesy to Civility

Author	: Anna Bryson
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 328
Release	: 1998
ISBN-10	: 019821765X
ISBN-13	: 9780198217657
Rating	: 4/5 (5X Downloads)

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Download or read book From Courtesy to Civility written by Anna Bryson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What counted as good and bad manners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Anna Bryson explores what is often entertaining evidence for Tudor and Stuart ideas of bodily decency and decorum, table manners and polite conversation, and also shows the crucial importance of the values of "courtesy" and "civility" in an aristocratic society.

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