The Goodman of Paris (Le Ménagier de Paris): A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by A Citizen of Paris, c.1393

A first-hand view of life in medieval France, as seen through the eyes of an elderly man instructing his young wife.

The Goodman of Paris (Le Ménagier de Paris) wrote this book for the instruction of his young wife around 1393. He was a wealthy and learned man, a member of that enlightened haute bourgeoisie upon which the French monarchy was coming to lean with increasing confidence.
When he wrote his Treatise he was at least sixty but had recently married a young wife some forty years his j...