{"product_id":"three-sixteenth-century-dietaries-9781526166951","title":"Three Sixteenth-Century Dietaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly modern dietaries are prose texts recommending the best way to maintain physical and psychological well-being. \u003ci\u003eThree sixteenth-century dietaries\u003c\/i\u003e contains Thomas Elyot's \u003ci\u003eCastle of Health\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Boorde's \u003ci\u003eCompendious Regiment\u003c\/i\u003e and William Bullein's \u003ci\u003eGovernment of Health\u003c\/i\u003e, all popular and influential works that were typical of a genre advising the reader on how best to maintain physical and psychological health. They are here introduced, contextualized and edited for the first time in a modern spelling edition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introductory material explores the dietary genre, its relationship to humanism, humoral theory, and the wide range of authorities with which the dietary authors engaged. The volume includes an examination of the bibliographical and publication history of each work, comprehensive explanatory notes and appendices that provide prefaces to earlier editions, a glossary, and a list of authorities and works cited or alluded to in the dietaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e History and contexts\u003cbr\u003e The dietaries\u003cbr\u003e Note on the editorial history of the dietaries\u003cbr\u003e Textual issues\u003cbr\u003eFinding aids (indexing)\u003cbr\u003e The Dietaries\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Castle of Health\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Elyot\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Compendious Regiment, or a Dietary of Health\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Boorde\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Health\u003c\/i\u003e, William Bullein\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003eWorks cited\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041033912663,"sku":"9781526166951","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526166951.jpg?v=1750948686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/three-sixteenth-century-dietaries-9781526166951","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}