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From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe (The Middle Ages Series)
Ruth Mazo Karras
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Paperback. "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 Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
While the social identity of women in medieval society hinged largely on the ritual of marriage, identity for men was derived from belonging to a particular group. Knights, monks, apprentices, guildsmen all underwent a process of initiation into their unique subcultures. As From Boys to Men shows, the process of this socialization reveals a great deal about medieval ideas of what it meant to be a man-as distinguished from a boy, from a woman, and even from a beast. In an exploration of the creation of adult masculine identities in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, ... Read more
While the social identity of women in medieval society hinged largely on the ritual of marriage, identity for men was derived from belonging to a particular group. Knights, monks, apprentices, guildsmen all underwent a process of initiation into their unique subcultures. As From Boys to Men shows, the process of this socialization reveals a great deal about medieval ideas of what it meant to be a man-as distinguished from a boy, from a woman, and even from a beast. In an exploration of the creation of adult masculine identities in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812218343
SKU
V9780812218343
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About Ruth Mazo Karras
Ruth Mazo Karras is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe (The Middle Ages Series)
A founding document in the field of men's history. -Jo Ann McNamara, author of Sisters in Arms Part of the achievement of this fine book is the care with witch it unfolds material and textual evidence of male and female relations. No less valuable is its subtle acknowledgment that modern preoccupations with gender and sexuality can prompt overreading of ... Read more