Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
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 Full Text: CONTROLLING THE FEMININE BODY IN PUBLIC: AN EXAMINATION OF DIDACTIC LITERATURE FROM THE REIGN OF CHARLES VI OF FRANCE AND ITS FOCUS ON MOVEMENT A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Reiquirements of the …