Household Book Research Articles

Directions for improving statistical monitoring of personal subsidiary farms

The article presents proposals to improve the program of observation of a sample survey and household accounting of personal subsidiary farms, on the basis of which it is recommended to make changes to the statistical reporting form No. 2 «Information on agricultural activities of personal subsidiary and other individual farms of citizens» and to the form «Household book». It is proposed to conduct selective monitoring of personal subsidiary farms using typological selection, which requires the development of an official typology of personal subsidiary farms. In order to reduce the number of units of the aggregate of personal subsidiary farms subject to statistical surveys, reduce costs and improve the quality of the data obtained, censuses have been developed for the area of land and livestock.

Comprehend the Women in the Middle Ages from The Parisian Household Book

The late Middle Ages is a crucial period in the history of Western Europe for the transition to modern times. The social outlook of this period has changed a lot compared with the previous times. People who were in this context have generated their own expressions corresponding to the society at this time, mainly manifested as the change of views and values. This paper is aim at selecting the material called The Parisian Household Book (Le Mnagier de Paris) to do primary source analysis, then extensively collecting other documents about women, marriage and family in the Middle Ages for a more comprehensive interpretation. Through the research, we know the living conditions of urban women in the late medieval ages and the requirements of family or society to them from this instruction manual. Meanwhile, the following conclusions are drawn: in medieval marriage, both husband and wife had rights and obligations to fulfill. Some men with high social status taught their wives to manage the family well in order to maintain the stability of their class. For women, those who came from the countryside to the city were willing to accept such guidance, because these might become favorable tools for the improvement of their social standing.

The Moral and Religious Conflict in N. M. Karamzin's <I>Poor Lisa</I>

M. Karamzin’s Poor Lisa is a precedent in Russian literature: it both celebrated and brought down the principles of Sentimentalism. However, many aspects of this canonical text still remain understudied. The present research featured the moral and religious issues in N. M. Karamzin’s Poor Lisa. It also involved some fragments from N. M. Karamzin’s The History of the Russian State; Natalya, the Boyar’s Daughter, and Filalet to Melodor. The methods included the historical and literary approach, as well as comparative and typological analyses. As for N. M. Karamzin’s religious views, the authors agree with those literary critics and historians who relied on N. M. Karamzin’s biography and statements and declared him an orthodox Christian. The research concentrated on various moral and religious components of the story. Lisa’s worldview was shaped by that of her parents, who built their family relations based on the Old Russian Household Book. Lisa’s traditional Orthodox background explains many of her decisions, which critics tend to interpret through the prism of Sentimentalism. Spatial images of the novel seem to correlate with ceremonial tradition: they show how Lisa’s Christian worldview was gradually overtaken by the pagan belief system. The central motif of Lisa’s purity and innocence correlates with those of oblivion, delusion, the death of soul, punishment, built, sin, etc. As a result, the novel can be treated as a dialogue of two world outlook systems: Sentimental ethics vs. religious and moral ideas. The reader sees Lisa from the point of view of a compassionate narrator with a Sentimental worldview. However, a more complex problem of religious ethics appears as a moral background.

Conduct Becoming: Good Wives and Husbands in the Later Middle Ages by Glenn D. Burger

Reviewed by: Conduct Becoming: Good Wives and Husbands in the Later Middle Ages by Glenn D. Burger Mary-Rose McLaren Burger, Glenn D., Conduct Becoming: Good Wives and Husbands in the Later Middle Ages (Middle Ages Series), Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017; hardback; pp. 272; 4 b/w illustrations; R.R.P. US$65.00, £54.00; ISBN 9780812249606. This book is a challenging and important contribution to the understanding of ‘thinking’ in the later Middle Ages. Analysing the purpose of texts that focus on the behaviour of women and men is fraught with difficulty in the context of twenty-first-century feminism. Frequently, I found myself rising to challenge Glenn D. Burger’s paradigms, only to have him add another, richer layer of interpretation. The book is logically constructed. Burger lays the foundations of the study by identifying the significance of texts that move the ‘good wife front and center’ (p. 2) to become a model; the negotiation of new social responsibilities that this opens up; and the fusion of new and old ideologies that can be observed in the texts. One implication of such texts is the transformation of morality to ethics. Burger sets the scene for the analysis and examination of specific texts with a discussion of embodied reading, where the action of reading itself helps to bring about the sought-after behaviour. He argues several ideas that build on each other: that an affective contract lies at the core of medieval developments in thinking about marriage as a sacrament; that conduct literature for women ‘mainstreamed’ thinking about married relations and households and transmitted this across Europe and across social classes during the fourteenth century; that literature aimed at the good wife provides the context for ‘a new model of heterosexuality’ (p. 24); that love of the marrying kind constituted an affective, rather than an erotic or feudal, contract, and that this kind of love ‘empowered new forms of social activity’ (p. 24). Burger further argues that conduct texts had the capacity to reconfigure female identity, which, in turn, created a space for a new authority for men as husbands and fathers, creating new patterns of social recognition and engagement. Consequently, this literature provides ‘a powerful medium for such a rethinking of gender and sexual relations’ (p. 25). He presents this conduct literature as a hinge, or turning point, between marriage as it had been known and developed during the medieval period, and the beginning of a new understanding of heterosexuality that can be seen emerging during the early modern period. Central to this notion is the transformative power of the ‘revisioning of female embodiment’ (p. 26) and the tension which this generates within the social context. Burger then analyses specific texts, each of which adds a further layer to his interpretation of the role of conduct literature as determining functions and [End Page 184] behaviours within both the family and wider society. Such texts as the Journées chrétiennes provide a recognized role for women beyond that of an enclosed religious life (Chapter 1). Les Enseignements de Saint Louis à sa fille Isabelle, the Speculum dominarum, and Le Miroir des bonne femmes present a new belief in the capacity of women’s nature for improvement, just as men are capable of improvement. They reflect changing marital relations and authorize the aristocratic household as ‘a new model for the social’ (p. 31; Chapter 2). Burger then uses Le Menagier de Paris, a household book, to examine what happens when the newly understood social function of marriage, as constructed via conduct literature, is played out in an urban merchant’s household. The bedchamber becomes the rehearsal space for the more public playing out of the couple’s marriage, which centres on the good conduct of the wife under the authority of her husband (Chapter 3). The final layer added by Burger is a discussion of the earliest iterations of the Griselda story. Boccaccio and Petrarch’s versions are examined, as well as Philippe de Mézière’s French translation, and the inclusion of this into Le Livre de la vertu du sacrament de mariage and Chaucer’s Clerk’s Tale. In these texts, shaping narratives of...

Presence of Books for Children in the Households of Bangladesh: A District-wise Distribution

Health policies and public health studies in Bangladesh primarily focus on physical aspects of health, thus creating a gap in the literature regarding the assessment of the emotional-social environment for children and their developmental vulnerabilities. Interactions though literacy activities, such as shared reading times between child and parents, are possible ways to address the developmental and cognitive needs of children. This study explores the district-wise presence of books for children (aged 0–4 years) in households and identifies vulnerable households by exploring the association between sociodemographic status and household book ownership. The Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012–13 was used to map the spatial heterogeneity of average availability of children’s books, which revealed that ownership of age-appropriate books was clustered around divisional cities, with one exception. Around 65% of the households did not have any suitable books for children. The presence of children’s books was significantly (p < .005) associated with children’s age, mother’s age and education, financial status of the household, education of the head of the house, mother’s mobile phone ownership, and mother’s access to media (newspaper and television). Parents in high-income households and with highly educated mothers were nearly three times more likely to own children’s books. Similarly, parents in a household with the mother having a mobile phone were 42% more likely to own children’s books. The findings suggest that a household’s lack of financial capacity to purchase books, the role of public health media in promoting the mother’s awareness of the need for children’s books, and a lack of understanding of children’s cognitive developmental needs could be more effectively addressed in Bangladesh.

Servants to the hospital and the state: nurses in Plymouth and Haslar Naval Hospitals, 1775–1815

ABSTRACTHistorians have typically viewed the construction of naval hospitals in the mid-eighteenth century as, variously, the British imperial state’s response to a broken system of contract care, a training ground for medical officers, a controlled and regimented space for healing, and a representation of the interests of the state through the quick return of sailors to ships. Yet, contemporaries conceived of the hospitals in household terms. Nurses, washerwomen, and labourers, were ‘servants’ of the hospital and often lived on the premises. Hospital agents kept a ‘household book’, composed of tradesmen’s bills, disbursements, and ward books that detailed issues of coals, beer, and wine to the various wards. Adopting a household model facilitates envisioning the hospitals as dynamic systems that responded to internal and external forces. Pay list prosopography demonstrates how the number of nurses responded to epidemics and battle casualties. This analytical framework illuminates the stability of the core nursing staff further reinforcing the household dynamic.

Housekeeper, correspondent and confidante: the under-told story of Mrs Hayes of Charlecote Park, 1744–73

All too often, servants are accorded limited space in country house studies: rarely allowed to venture beyond the kitchen and service rooms, either in academic studies or interpretations for visitors. They are defined by their work not their lives and are seen as serving the physical rather than social or emotional needs of the owner. This paper challenges this viewpoint by exploring the relationship between George Lucy, owner of Charlecote Park in Warwickshire and his housekeeper, Mrs Phillipa Hayes. Drawing on their mutual correspondence, on other letters to and from Mrs Hayes, and on her Household Book, I construct a richer and more nuanced picture of the multiple roles that could be played by a senior servant. She was a housekeeper, but also a correspondent, confidante and hostess, who offered comfort and pleasure to her employer as well as sound economic and social management of his household. Although in some ways unusual, this case study illustrates the importance of placing senior servants more centrally when exploring the country house.

Femme pécheresse: vices féminins dans "Le Mesnagier de Paris" (1393)

Pendant la période médiévale il existe une pensée dominante considère la femme comme fille d’Ève. Pecheresse donc par excellence, elle devient la cible de nombre d’ouvrages qui cherchent à épargner toute la société des tourments dont on la soupçonne : il s’agit du courant didactique. Son aspect original est que les auteurs ne sont plus des religieux mais des laïcs. Parmi ces textes il en est un fort révélateur : Le Mesnagier de Paris. L’auteur est un vieux bourgeois parisien qui s’adresse à sa jeune épouse et lui prodigue des conseils pour qu’elle devienne l’épouse exemplaire aux yeux du monde. L’étude de ce texte pédagogique, et tout particulièrement de la partie consacrée aux vices féminins, nous permet d’approfondir nos connaissances sur l’image négative de la femme que l’on projetait à cette époque-là.

Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and Queen Elizabeth: A Yorkshire Yeoman’s Household Book. Steven W. May and Arthur F. Marotti. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. xiv + 272 pp. $24.95.

Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and Queen Elizabeth: A Yorkshire Yeoman’s Household Book. Steven W. May and Arthur F. Marotti. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. xiv + 272 pp. $24.95. - Volume 69 Issue 2

Children and Their Urban Environment: Changing Worlds by Claire Freeman and Paul Tranter

 2014 Children, Youth and Environments Children, Youth and Environments 24(3), 2014 Children and Their Urban Environment: Changing Worlds Claire Freeman and Paul Tranter (2011). New York: Earthscan, 265 pages. $60.00 (hardcover); ISBN 978-1-84407-853-0. Children and Their Urban Environment: Changing Worlds offers an accessible and engaging introduction to current and emerging issues facing children living in cities, along with concrete solutions to address them. Freeman and Tranter argue that designers and planners have a duty to consider children and youth in all facets of practice and research. Part 1, “Changing Environments, Changing Lives,” summarizes key themes in the literature on child-friendly cities, citing founding thinkers such as Colin Ward (1978) and Roger Hart (1979),through more recent work by the likes of Louise Chawla (2002), and Brendan Gleeson and Neil Sipe (2006). Children’s lives have become more structured, more adult-dependent, and limited by geographies of fear. Simply put, the authors argue that children’s lives are increasingly being compromised by the spaces they are made to inhabit. When cities spread out and become less dense, as in suburbs, for instance, children must rely on automobiles to get them to where they need to go. They have less autonomy, and less ability to move within, and be connected to, urban centers. Traffic-heavy streets and the perceived social dangers of urban space have led to this culture of fear. Adult fears for children’s safety have led to the virtual removal of children from the street. As well, our rapid shift to an increasingly technologically connected society have led to more surveillance. Instead of quelling fears, such surveillance appears to have resulted in ever more controlled environments for children. Freeman and Tranter pinpoint tensions between formal play (e.g., highly regimented and programmed recreation activities) and free, self-directed play, tensions that have led to the perception of children as virtual outsiders in many public spaces. They advocate for an enhanced urban form for children—one that allows children to practice and actually demonstrate their autonomy in public. Children’s development and skills can easily be supported by a properly planned and designed environment, such as is offered by the Dutch 1970s woonerf (living yard or street) concept, in which pedestrians and cyclists have legal priority over drivers (via traffic calming measures, low speed limits restricted to a walking pace, and shared space). In the UK, such streets are called home zones, and in the U.S., complete streets represent a similar concept. The message of the book is underscored by the idea that children’s core business is play, and Freeman and Tranter explore this throughout. They also do a good job of considering and accommodating cultural changes, such as in household Book Review: Children and Their Urban Environment: Changing Worlds 237 structure—a shift away from intergenerational living, and the rise of children commuting between two households due to divorce, to cite but two examples. Part 2, “Activity Spaces,” explores children’s activity spaces in more detail. Through exploring seven children’s activity spaces—home, school, neighborhood, city center, service space, cultural space and natural space—challenges and inspiring precedents offer promising directions for generating positive environments for children. The chapter entitled “City Centre,” advocates for the city center as an important hub of mixed (use and age) activities. After years of decay due to decentralization, some city centers have recently become the focus of dynamic urban redevelopment. Yet, Freeman and Tranter observe such development has generally not supported child-friendly initiatives. To emphasize their point, they draw on Henry Lennard’s and Suzanne Crowhurst Lennard’s (1992) idea of “de facto amputation” (95), the unwitting, or even intentional, process of removing children from all realms of city life. Instead, Freeman and Tranter highlight public art and ways of living downtown that integrate and embrace children in the urban core. This is but one example of the issue-tostrategy trajectory each chapter in Part 2 follows. The consistent format is reliable and easy to follow, and provides a wealth of information for readers to consider. Part 3 offers promising ideas and tangible solutions for the future, and a call to reimagine...

Romance, Affect, and Ethical Thinking in a Fifteenth-Century Household Book: Chetham’s Library, MS 8009

Manchester, Chetham’s Library, MS 8009 is a late fifteenth-century London household book containing a diverse range of works, including saints lives, ballads, prayers, husbandry texts, and romances. This essay looks to Chetham MS 8009 as an artefact of vernacular literary consumption in the fifteenth century, and as a representative witness to horizons of literary knowledge in the period. In using this manuscript to trace the affective potential of Middle English romance, this piece considers how emotions are linked to the various forms of ethical thinking that such miscellanies might activate.

Chaucer Abroad, Chaucer at Home:

Chaucer Abroad, Chaucer at Home:

Wressle Castle: Functions, Fixtures and Furnishings for Henry Percy ‘The Magnificent’ Fifth Earl of Northumberland, 1498–1527

A single burnt-out wing is all that remains of Wressle Castle which stands on the banks of the Derwent, 10 km (6 miles) east of Selby in Yorkshire. It was built in the 1390s for Thomas Percy, and formed part of a significant group of rectangular castles designed by or attributed to the architect John Lewyn, but was later refurbished to the highest standards for the fifth Earl of Northumberland in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. Our knowledge of it during this period is enhanced by an almost unique combination of resources; the surviving structure, highly detailed plans and drawings made when it was complete, the great Northumberland Household Book of 1512, and a group of the Earl's woodwork. By combining these it is possible to visually recreate the castle, allocate a particular function to each of its seventy-one rooms, and people them with their respective staffs. This further enables probable attribution to be made regarding the domestic arrangements and use of Bolton Castle, for which there is little contemporary documentation. It also provides a well-provenanced body of information regarding the use of early Renaissance designs in an English noble household.

:The Household Book (1510-1551) of Sir Edward Don: An Anglo-Welsh Knight and His Circle

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Review: The Household Book (1510–1551) of Sir Edward Don: An Anglo-Welsh Knight and his Circle

Review: The Household Book (1510–1551) of Sir Edward Don: An Anglo-Welsh Knight and his Circle

The Costs of Informal Care: Looking inside the household (Book).

The Costs of Informal Care: Looking inside the household (Book).

Pynchon on Household: Reworking the Traditional Spy Novel

A possible influence on the creation of the Victorian explorer Hugh Godolphin, "F.R.G.S.," who appears in V., may be found in a character with the same unusual surname in Geoffrey Household's spy-thriller, Fellow Passenger. Of minimal literary merit, and far less exciting than other Household classics of the thriller genre, Fellow Passenger is a boring book by a notoriously uneven writer. Yet besides the character named Godolphin, it contains the seeds of a number of complex themes which subsequently flourish in the far richer imagination of Thomas Pynchon, who read Household as a teenager. I want to explore the relationships between V. and Household's book in order to demonstrate how Pynchon transforms the materials from a lowly potboiler into a serious work of art, and I want to focus finally on the metamorphosis of the Godolphin we see as a fatuous romantic escapist in Fellow Passenger, to the prophet of the twentieth century's Impulse toward destruction and doom we find in V. But first it will be necessary to give a brief summary of Household's novel, since it is likely to be far less familiar to readers than V.

Orders for Twelfth Day and Night circa 1515 in the Second Northumberland Household Book

Orders for Twelfth Day and Night circa 1515 in the Second Northumberland Household Book

Statistical Exploration of a Medieval Household Book

Statistical Exploration of a Medieval Household Book

The Household Book of Queen Isabella of England, for the Fifth Regnal Year of Edward II, 8th July 1311 to 7th July 1312. F. D. Blackley , G. Hermansen

<i>The Household Book of Queen Isabella of England, for the Fifth Regnal Year of Edward II, 8th July 1311 to 7th July 1312</i>. F. D. Blackley , G. Hermansen