From Boys to Men - Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Mazo Karras is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext "The book . . . will find a broad audience. It would work well in the classroom. . . . Effectively combating the nonspecialist's view of the Middle Ages as a monolithic and static society, it will encourage more subtle thinking about gender identities in the past and in the present.--"American Historical Review" Zusammenfassung "The book ... will find a broad audience. It would work well in the classroom... Effectively combating the nonspecialist's view of the Middle Ages as a monolithic and static society, it will encourage more subtle thinking about gender identities in the past and in the present.-American Historical Review Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Masculinities, Youth, and the Late Middle Ages 2. Mail Bonding: Knights, Ladies, and the Proving of Manhood 3. Separating the Men from the Beasts: Medieval Universities and Masculine Formation 4. Masters and Men: Independence and Urban Craft Workers 5. Becoming a Man Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Mazo Karras, KARRAS RUTH MAZO
• Assisted by: Ruth Mazo Karras (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.11.2002
• EAN: 9780812218343
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1834-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The Middle Ages Series; Middle Ages; The Middle Ages Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social