Le ménagier de Paris (v. 1 & 2) by Anonymous
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"Le ménagier de Paris (v. 1 & 2)" by Anonymous is a French medieval guidebook written in 1393. Written in the voice of an elderly husband addressing his younger wife, it instructs women on proper behavior in marriage and household management. The work combines advice on attaining the love of God and husband, increasing household prosperity, and social entertainment. It includes sexual guidance, recipes, gardening tips, and draws on tales like Griselda
and Lucretia to illustrate wifely obedience and domestic duty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Title | Le ménagier de Paris (v. 1 & 2) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9nagier_de_Paris |
| Credits |
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Cooking, French -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Home economics -- France -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 44070 |
| Release Date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1024 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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