Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities - Men in the Medieval West (Hardcover)

This book takes as its focus the construction of masculinity in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages until the fifteenth century, crossing from pre-Christian Scandinavia across western Christendom. The essays consult a broad and representative cross section of sources including the work of theological, scholastic, and monastic writers, sagas, hagiography and memoirs, material culture, chronicles, exampla and vernacular literature, sumptuary legislation, and the records of ecclesiastical courts. The studies address questions of what constituted male identity, and male sexuality. How was masculinity constructed in different social groups? How did the secular and ecclesiastical ideals of masculinity reinforce each other or diverge? These essays address the topic of medieval men and, through a variety of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary approaches, significantly extend our understanding of how, in the Middle Ages, masculinity and identity were conflicted and multifarious.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Garland Medieval Casebooks
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Jacqueline Murray
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-3030-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-8153-3030-8
Barcode:	9780815330301

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