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Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for Modern Life Hardcover – Oct. 24 2023
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Medieval people are often portrayed as having poor hygiene and table manners—licking their knives or throwing chicken bones on the floor. In the Middle Ages, however, such behavior was not tolerated. Medieval society cherished order in nearly every facet of life, from regular handwashing to daily prayer. There were consequences if you didn’t adhere to the rules of good behavior: you wouldn’t be invited to the lord’s next dinner, you wouldn’t win the battle, and you wouldn’t win the lady.
Author Daniele Cybulskie explores the world of medieval etiquette, encompassing table manners and interpersonal relationships as well as running a household and ruling a kingdom. With wit and insight, Cybulskie draws on a wide variety of primary sources, from handbooks for young knights to romantic poems. Though we may no longer need best practices for things like dueling or ordering about our servants, the principles of generosity, kindness, and respect still apply today. After all, it’s a good reminder to “not talk when you have food in your mouth” and “anything you say should be entertaining, polite, and sophisticated.”
Illustrated with original drawings by Anna Lobanova as well as eighty medieval artworks, Chivalry and Courtesy is full of good advice for everyone, whether you are a peasant or a knight, a student or a CEO, a king or a queen.
- Print length176 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAbbeville Publishing Group
- Publication dateOct. 24 2023
- Dimensions13.46 x 2.03 x 21.08 cm
- ISBN-100789214695
- ISBN-13978-0789214690
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A must read for anyone who wants to brush up on the finer points of etiquette, or who just wants to be a better human being.—Eleanor Janega, author of The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society and creator of the blog Going Medieval
Danièle Cybulskie has done it again: no one is better at bringing the medieval world to life. . . . There’s so much to learn from the Middle Ages, and this wonderful book—supremely elegant, witty, expert, and wise—is the ideal guide.—Helen Castor, medieval historian, broadcaster, and author of She-Wolves and Joan of Arc
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- Publisher : Abbeville Publishing Group (Oct. 24 2023)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0789214695
- ISBN-13 : 978-0789214690
- Item weight : 390 g
- Dimensions : 13.46 x 2.03 x 21.08 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #123,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #84 in Social Customs & Traditions (Books)
- #164 in Etiquette Guides (Books)
- #815 in Arts & Photography Books: Artists
About the author

As a writer, professor, TEDx speaker, and now podcaster, Danièle has been making the Middle Ages fun, entertaining, and accessible for over ten years. She is the author of The Five-Minute Medievalist, which debuted at the top of Amazon’s Canadian charts, and through her featured articles at Medievalists.net, as well as those she’s written for several international magazines, Danièle’s work has been read over half a million times, and counting.
Danièle is the creator and host of The Medieval Podcast, a weekly interview show on which she speaks with experts on the Middle Ages on a wide variety of topics. She also currently teaches The Middle Ages and the Modern World: Facts and Fiction, which she co-created for college students across Ontario via OntarioLearn. Her forthcoming book, Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction, is being published by Pen & Sword History, and will be available in autumn, 2019.
When she’s not reading, writing, or recording, Danièle can be found drinking tea, doing Krav Maga, or sometimes building a backyard trebuchet.
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