Virilitas in tijden van verandering : religieuze en profane mannelijkheden in de Nederlanden, ca. 1050-1300

This study is a diachronous and comparative analysis of the ideals and realities of masculinity in the Low Countries during the period from the middle of the eleventh century to the thirteenth century. This was a time of great change and diversification in both the religious and secular worlds. In order to approach the complexity of society at that time this study refers back to dozens of very diverse narrative source texts, which not only give information about men from all ranks and social strata, but which also show the diverse discursive strategies with which ideals of masculinity were con... Mehr ...