Masculine Ideals and Alexander the Great - An Exemplary Man in the Roman and Medieval World

This work breaks new ground by considering the ancient and medieval reception of Alexander the Great from a gender studies perspective.

List of contents

1. Introduction / 2. The Visage and Stature of an Idealized Young Male / 3. A Mature Boy, Heroic Youngster and an Unbalanced Young Man / 4. Manliness in Warfare / 5. Proper Male Sexuality / 6. Masculine Emotion Display and State Of Mind / 7. The Ideal of Masculine Dominance and Self-Control / 8. Epilogue

About the author

Jaakkojuhani Peltonen is a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University. A significant part of the research work for the present book was done while a visiting researcher at King's College, London (2018-2020). His expertise includes the use of history, Alexander the Great, ideas of masculinity and the ideology of war in ancient Rome. His previous book in English, Alexander the Great in the Roman Empire. 150 BC to AD 600, was published by Routledge in 2019. He is an author and editor of several publications on Alexander the Great, the legitimisation of war and the use of history from a long-term perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Jaakkojuhani Peltonen
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032523781
• ISBN: 978-1-032-52378-1
• No. of pages: 274
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Cultural Studies, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Gender studies, gender groups, Classical history / classical civilisation, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire