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Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages
P.H. Cullum
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Description for Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages
Hardback.
Essays offering new approaches to the changing forms of medieval religious masculinity. The complex relationship between masculinity and religion, as experienced in both the secular and ecclesiastical worlds, forms the focus for this volume, whose range encompasses the rabbis of the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud,and moves via Carolingian and Norman France, Siena, Antioch, and high and late medieval England to the eve of the Reformation. Chapters investigate the creation and reconstitution of different expressions of masculine identity, from the clerical enthusiasts for marriage to the lay practitioners of chastity, from crusading bishops to holy kings. They also consider the ... Read more
Essays offering new approaches to the changing forms of medieval religious masculinity. The complex relationship between masculinity and religion, as experienced in both the secular and ecclesiastical worlds, forms the focus for this volume, whose range encompasses the rabbis of the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud,and moves via Carolingian and Norman France, Siena, Antioch, and high and late medieval England to the eve of the Reformation. Chapters investigate the creation and reconstitution of different expressions of masculine identity, from the clerical enthusiasts for marriage to the lay practitioners of chastity, from crusading bishops to holy kings. They also consider the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838630
SKU
V9781843838630
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99-50
About P.H. Cullum
KATHERINE J. LEWIS is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Huddersfield. CATHERINE SANOK is Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. KATHERINE J. LEWIS is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Huddersfield.
Reviews for Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages
Cullum and Lewis have assembled an overall strong and insightful collection of sources which should prove valuable to scholars of masculinity, clerical culture and medievalists alike.
JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND CULTURE
A fine set of essays. ... The contributions are well written and argued, and their brief historiographical introductions are very useful. It should provide a springboard for ... Read more
JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND CULTURE
A fine set of essays. ... The contributions are well written and argued, and their brief historiographical introductions are very useful. It should provide a springboard for ... Read more