Morality and masculinity in the Carolingian empire / Rachel Stone.

By:

Stone, Rachel

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 81.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 399 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781139190794
1139190792
9781139188197
1139188194
9781139017473
1139017470
9786613384010
6613384011
9781139185899
1139185896
9781139185899
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9781139179751
1107227569
9781107227569
1283384019
9781283384018
1139189492
9781139189491
1139183575
9781139183574

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Morality and masculinity in the Carolingian empire.DDC classification:

944/.014 23

LOC classification:

DC70 .S76 2012eb

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HIS010000

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Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Moral texts and lay audiences -- 3. Warfare -- 4. Imagining power -- 5. Central power -- 6. Personal power -- 7. Power and wealth -- 8. Marriage -- 9. Sex -- 10. Men and morality.

Summary: "What did it mean to be a Frankish nobleman in an age of reform? How could Carolingian lay nobles maintain their masculinity and their social position, while adhering to new and stricter moral demands by reformers concerning behaviour in war, sexual conduct and the correct use of power? This book explores the complex interaction between Christian moral ideals and social realities, and between religious reformers and the lay political elite they addressed. It uses the numerous texts addressed to a lay audience (including lay mirrors, secular poetry, political polemic, historical writings and legislation) to examine how Biblical and patristic moral ideas were reshaped to become compatible with the realities of noble life in the Carolingian empire. This innovative analysis of Carolingian moral norms demonstrates how gender interacted with political and religious thought to create a distinctive Frankish elite culture, presenting a new picture of early medieval masculinity"-- Provided by publisher

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"What did it mean to be a Frankish nobleman in an age of reform? How could Carolingian lay nobles maintain their masculinity and their social position, while adhering to new and stricter moral demands by reformers concerning behaviour in war, sexual conduct and the correct use of power? This book explores the complex interaction between Christian moral ideals and social realities, and between religious reformers and the lay political elite they addressed. It uses the numerous texts addressed to a lay audience (including lay mirrors, secular poetry, political polemic, historical writings and legislation) to examine how Biblical and patristic moral ideas were reshaped to become compatible with the realities of noble life in the Carolingian empire. This innovative analysis of Carolingian moral norms demonstrates how gender interacted with political and religious thought to create a distinctive Frankish elite culture, presenting a new picture of early medieval masculinity"-- Provided by publisher