Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780815337706
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Men's studies; Social history; World history: c 500 to C 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Sociology; Men in literature; Social Science; Europe; Women's Studies - General; Men's Studies - Masculinity; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Masculinity; Civilization, Medieval; History
First sentence: This survey of idealized images of the medieval male body suggests that they are neither as stable nor as abstract as they seem, since they must both transcend and exemplify matter.