Edmund Tilney dedicated to Queen Elizabeth in I568 a time when she was under considerable pressure to marry a spirited dialogue concerning appropriate behavior in marriage. In Tilney's conduct book, which was modeled on Erasmus's Conjugium and Castiglione's Courtier, fictional counterparts to such notables as Vives, Erasmus, Heloise, and the queen herself all make an appearance to offer advice on how to nurture the flower of friendship within marriage. Extraordinarily popular for a generation following its first publication, it is available here for the first time in a critical edition...
Edmund Tilney dedicated to Queen Elizabeth in I568 a time when she was under considerable pressure to marry a spirited dialogue concerning appropri...