The Making of Manners and Morals in Twelfth-Century England: The Book of the Civilised Man

List of illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Abbreviations xi
Manuscript sigla xiii
Introduction xv
1. The background to \'Urbanus magnus\' 1
Content 1
Introduction to the manuscripts 8
Composition 12
Authorship 16
2. Genre and \'Urbanus magnus\' 25
Scholarship on \'Urbanus magnus\' 25
The genre of courtesy literature 28
The origins of courtesy literature 33
Other sources 41
3. The manuscript evidence 53
Twelfth-century satire 53
An educational tool 57
Religious use 61
A medical text 66
4. Introduction to themes 71
5. The medieval household and beyond 78
Administering the household 79
Householder, home, and hospitality 79
Children and wives 86
Staff and servants 90
Outside the household 94
Social mobility and appropriate courtesy 98
6. The medieval body in \'Urbanus magnus\' 113
Bodily moderation and restraint 115
Speech and laughter 120
Bodily vices 125
The body and sex 127
Bodily emissions 131
Disgust 135
7. Medieval dining and diet 151
The archaeological evidence 152
The medieval meal 158
Preparation and consumption 158
Manners 164
Continuity and change 169
Diet and health 172
8. New interpretations 182
The impetus for and precursors to \'Urbanus magnus\' 182
Origins 185
Social habitus 185
The court of Henry II 189
\'A monument to anxiety\' 193
Use 196
The impact of \'Urbanus magnus\' 197
9. Conclusion 204
Appendix: \'Contenances de table\' poems 206
Bibliography 210
Index 223