The masculine self in late medieval England /

Neal, Derek G.

The masculine self in late medieval England / Derek G. Neal. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages)

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.

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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.


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To 1500
Geschichte 1350-1400
Geschichte 1400-1500
Geschichte 1500-1550
Geschichte 1350-1530


Masculinity--History--England--To 1500.
Men--Social life and customs.--England
Men.
Masculinity.
Hommes--Mœurs et coutumes.--Angleterre
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
Manners and customs.
Masculinity.
Men--Social life and customs.
Social conditions.
Männlichkeit
Geschlechterrolle
Geschlechterrolle.
Männlichkeit.
Mann.


England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
England--Social conditions--1066-1485.
Angleterre--Mœurs et coutumes--1066-1485.
Angleterre--Conditions sociales--1066-1485.
England.
England
England.


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