Gina L. Greco is Associate Professor of French at Portland State University. Christine M. Rose is Professor of English at Portland State University.

Introduction. Maid to Order: The Good Wife of ParisThe Book: Backgrounds, Narrator, Genre, SourcesContexts: Conduct Books and Household BooksGlossing the Tale of Griselda: The Model Wife and Marriage in Le Ménagier de ParisTranslation ProtocolsThe Good Wife's Guide: The English Text of Le Ménagier de ParisPrologueIntroductory Note to Articles 1.1-1.3Prayers and Orderly Dress (1.1)Behavior and Attire in Public (1.2)The Mass, Confession, the Vices and Virtues (1.3)On Chastity (1.4)Devotion to Your Husband (1.5)Obedience (including the Story of Griselda) (1.6)The Care of the Husband's Person (1.7)The Husband's Secrets (1.8)Introductory Note to Article 1.9Providing Your Husband with Good Counsel (including the Story of Melibee) (1.9)Introductory Note to Article 2.1Le Chemin de povreté et de richesse (2.1)Horticulture (2.2) 2Choosing and Caring for Servants and Horses (2.3)Introductory Note to Article 3.2Hawking Treatise (3.2)Menus (2.4)Recipes (2.5)Glossary of Culinary TermsBibliographyIndex