Masculinity in Medieval Europe

By Dawn M. Hadley

Book Overview

An original and highly accessible collection of essays which is based on a huge range of historical sources to reveal the realities of mens' lives in the Middle Ages. It covers an impressive geographical range - including essays on Italy, France, Germany and Byzantium - and will span the entire medieval period, from the fourth to the fifteenth century. The collection is divided into four main sections: attaining masculinity; lay men and churchmen: sources of tension; sexuality and the construction of masculinity; and written relationships and social reality. The contributors are: Dawn Hadley, Jenny Moore, William M. Aird, Jeremy Goldberg, Matthew Bennet, Janet Nelson, Conrad Leyser, Robert Swanson, Patricia Cullum, Ross Balzaretti, Shaun Tougher, Julian Haseldine, Marianne Ailes and Mark Chinca.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0073CR588
• ISBN13: 9780582316454
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"