Medieval masculinities : regarding men in the Middle Ages / Clare A. Lees, editor, with the assistance of Thelma Fenster and Jo Ann McNamara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lees, Clare A.

Fenster, Thelma S.

McNamara, Jo Ann, 1931-2009.

Series:

Medieval cultures ; v. 7.

Medieval cultures ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Medieval.

Men in literature.

Feminist criticism.

Men's studies.

Masculinity--History.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays examines the ideals and archetypes of men in Medieval times and how these concepts have affected the definition of masculinity and its place in history.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Why Men?; Introduction; Part I. Constructing Masculinities; 1. The Herrenfrage: The Restructuring of the Gender System, 1050-1150; 2. On Being a Male in the Middle Ages; 3. The (Dis)Embodied Hero and the Signs of Manhood in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Part II. Men in Institutions; 4. Burdens of Matrimony: Husbanding and Gender in Medieval Italy; 5. Subaltern Patriarchs: Patrician Bachelors in Renaissance Venice; 6. Friars, Sanctity, and Gender: Mendicant Encounters with Saints, 1250-1325; 7. The Male Animal in the Fables of Marie de France

Part III. Epic and Empire8. Men and Beowulf; 9. Men in the Roman d'Eneas: The Construction of Empire; 10. Representing ""Other"" Men: Muslims, Jews, and Masculine Ideals in Medieval Castilian Epic and Ballad; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8583-5

OCLC:

476093561