The masculine self in late medieval England:
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1. Verfasser: Neal, Derek G. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index
False thieves and true men -- Husbands and priests -- Sex and gender : the meanings of the male body -- Toward the private self : desire, masculinity, and middle English romance
What did it mean to be a man in medieval England? Most would answer this question by alluding to the power and status men enjoyed in a patriarchal society, or they might refer to iconic images of chivalrous knights. While these popular ideas do have their roots in the history of the aristocracy, the experience of ordinary men was far more complicated. Marshalling a wide array of colorful evidence--including legal records, letters, medical sources, and the literature of the period--Derek G. Neal here plumbs the social and cultural significance of masculinity during the generations born between th
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 303 pages)
ISBN:0226569594
9780226569598

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