"This volume brings together a collection of essays that delve into the shifts in ideas, roles, and practices of masculinities and male attitudes during the transition from late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages. This period was marked by significant changes, including the collapse of Roman po...

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Corporate Author:	Centro interuniversitario per la storia e l'archeologica dell'alto medioevo Venedig (Author)
Other Authors:	Borri, Francesco 1976- (Editor), La Rocca, Cristina 1957- (Editor), Veronese, Francesco 1982- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Turnhout, Belgium Brepols [2023]
Series:	Seminari del Centro interuniversitario per la storia e l'archeologia dell'alto medioevo 10
Subjects:	Geschichte 450-1050 Männlichkeit Europa Konferenzschrift
Online Access:	DE-Y3 Volltext
Summary:	"This volume brings together a collection of essays that delve into the shifts in ideas, roles, and practices of masculinities and male attitudes during the transition from late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages. This period was marked by significant changes, including the collapse of Roman political authority in the West, the fragmentation of imperial universalism in polities, and the rise of Christianity, which all challenged the gender roles inherited from Antiquity. Within this historical context, the book explores the evolution of men’s privileges, responsibilities, and burdens through eleven case studies focusing on different categories of men and manly behaviour. The volume brings to life husbands and fathers, kings and workers, clerics and warriors from both the East and the West, as revealed through contemporary textual and material sources and preserved in the physical remains of male bodies and actions. In doing so, this volume will bring to the fore new perspectives on masculinities and gender history."
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (306 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9782503607368
DOI:	10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.5.134696