The works of the French essayist reflect his views of morality, society, and customs in the late sixteenth century In his Essays Montaigne warns us from the outset that he has set himself 'no goal but a domestic and private one' yet he is ...
" Twenty years have passed, and Raymond Firth suggests that the book has moved over to a more central place in the literature of anthropological reflection.
The book's five central chapters are devoted to the major court poets and their work; other chapters deal with the forms, assumptions, and themes of court poetry.