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Controlling the Feminine Body in Public: An Examination of Didactic Literature from the Reign of Charles VI of France, and its Focus on Movement

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Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Froese, Carlisle Ann Mackie, Thesis advisor (ths): Harris-Stoertz, Fiona, Degree committee member (dgc): Elbl, Ivana, Degree committee member (dgc): Hurl-Eamon, Jennine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Within this project, I have identified a new pattern of instruction, surrounding women's bodies and their movement within the public space, present within didactic literature produced during the reign of Charles VI of France (1368-1422). This pattern, present in the texts Le livre du Chevalier de la Tour Landry pour l'instruction de ses filles, Le Menagier de Paris, Le livre… more