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1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index. |
| Contents |
False thieves and true men -- Husbands and priests -- Sex and gender : the meanings of the male body -- Toward the private self : desire, masculinity, and middle English romance. |
| Summary |
What did it mean to be a man in medieval England? Most would answer this question by alluding to the power and status men enjoyed in a patriarchal society, or they might refer to iconic images of chivalrous knights. While these popular ideas do have their roots in the history of the aristocracy, the experience of ordinary men was far more complicated. Marshalling a wide array of colorful evidence--including legal records, letters, medical sources, and the literature of the period--Derek G. Neal here plumbs the social and cultural significance of masculinity during the generations born between th. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Masculinity -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Masculinity. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Men -- England -- Social life and customs.
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Men. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1350-1400 |
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Geschichte 1400-1500 |
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Geschichte 1500-1550 |
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Geschichte 1350-1530 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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| Subject |
Men. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Neal, Derek G. Masculine self in late medieval England. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226569550 9780226569574 (DLC) 2008009929 (OCoLC)213384889 |
| ISBN |
9780226569598 (electronic book) |
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0226569594 (electronic book) |
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9780226569550 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226569574 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226569551 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226569578 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1282070088 |
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9781282070080 |
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