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

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 193 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.3
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Medieval; Men in literature; Feminist criticism; Men's studies; Masculinity - History
• Altri autori: LeesClare A FensterThelma S McNamaraJo Ann <1931->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medieval masculinities
• ISBN: 0-8166-8583-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820797903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medieval cultures ; ; v. 7.