Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction. Maid to Order: The Good Wife of Paris 1
5. Translation Protocols 44
6. The Good Wife’S Guide: Le Ménagier De Paris A Medieval Household Book
7. Prologue 49
8. Introductory Note to Articles 1.1– 1.3 53
9. 1.1. Prayers and Orderly Dress 55
10. 1.2. Behavior and Attire in Public 59
11. 1.3. The Mass, Confession, the Vices and Virtues 60
12. 1.4. On Chastity 86
13. 1.5. Devotion to Your Husband 94
14. 1.6 Obedience (Including the Story of Griselda) 104
15. 1.7 The Care of the Husband’s Person 138
16. 1.8 The Husband’s Secrets 142
17. Introductory Note to Article 1.9 147
18. 1.9 Providing Your Husband with Good Counsel (Including the Story of Melibee) 149
19. Introductory Note to Article 2.1 177
20. 2.1. Le Chemin De Povreté Et De Richesse 181
21. 2.2. Horticulture 209
22. 2.3. Choosing and Caring for Servants and Horses 215
23. Introductory Note to Article 3.2 229
24. 3.2. Hawking Treatise 233
25. 2.4. Menus 253
26. 2.5. Recipes 271
27. Glossary of Culinary Terms 341
28. Bibliography 347
29. Index 355