03225nam 22004692 450 991016277250332120170511142925.01-78204-915-010.1515/9781782049159(CKB)3710000001044809(UkCbUP)CR9781782049159(MiAaPQ)EBC4793155(DE-B1597)675246(DE-B1597)9781782049159(EXLCZ)99371000000104480920170214d2017|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeds and chambers in late medieval England readings, representations and realities /Hollie L. S. Morgan[electronic resource]Woodbridge, Suffolk :Boydell & Brewer,2017.1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 May 2017).1-903153-71-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.List of illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- "Fyrst arysse erly" -- "Serve thy God deuly" -- "Do thy warke wyssely/[...] and answer the pepll curtesly" -- "Goo to thy bed myrely/and lye therein jocundly" -- "Plesse and loffe thy wyffe dewly/and basse hyr onys or tewys myrely" -- The invisible woman -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.The bed, and the chamber which contained it, was something of a cultural and social phenomenon in late-medieval England. Their introduction into some aristocratic and bourgeois households captured theimagination of late-medieval English society. The bed and chamber stood for much more than simply a place to rest one's head: they were symbols of authority, unparalleled spaces of intimacy, sanctuaries both for the powerless and the powerful. This change in physical domestic space shaped the ways in which people thought about less tangible concepts such as gender politics, communication, God, sex and emotions. Furthermore, the practical uses of beds and chambers shaped and were shaped by artistic and literary production.<BR> This volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of the cultural meanings of beds and chambers in late-medieval England. It draws on a vast array of literary, pragmatic and visual sources, including romances, saints' lives, lyrics, plays, wills, probate inventories, letters, church and civil court documents, manuscript illumination and physical objects, to shed new light on the ways in which beds and chambers functioned as both physical and conceptual spaces.<BR><BR> Hollie L.S. Morgan is a Research Fellow in the School of History and Heritage, University of Lincoln.BedsHistoryBedroomsSocial aspectsEnglandSocial life and customs1066-1485BedsHistory.BedroomsSocial aspects.942/.03Morgan Hollie L.S.1208740UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910162772503321Beds and chambers in late medieval England2788836UNINA