TY - BOOK AU - Neal,Derek G. TI - The masculine self in late medieval England SN - 9780226569598 AV - HQ1090.7.E85 N43 2008eb U1 - 305.38/82100902 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Masculinity KW - England KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Men KW - Social life and customs KW - Hommes KW - Angleterre KW - Mœurs et coutumes KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Gender Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Manners and customs KW - fast KW - Social conditions KW - Männlichkeit KW - gnd KW - Geschlechterrolle KW - idszbz KW - Mann KW - swd KW - 1066-1485 KW - Conditions sociales KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=272591 ER -