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Morality and masculinity in the Carolingian empire / / Rachel Stone [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Stone Rachel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Morality and masculinity in the Carolingian empire / / Rachel Stone [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 944/.014
Soggetto topico: Carolingians - Conduct of life
Nobility - France - Conduct of life
Christian ethics - France - History - To 1500
Moral education - France - History - To 1500
Masculinity - France - History - To 1500
Soggetto geografico: France History To 987
France Social conditions To 987
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Altri titoli varianti: Morality & Masculinity in the Carolingian Empire
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ISBN: 1-139-17975-6
1-107-22756-9
1-283-38401-9
9786613384010
1-139-18949-2
1-139-18819-4
1-139-19079-2
1-139-18357-5
1-139-18589-6
1-139-01747-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457533703321
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Serie: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; ; 4th ser., 81.