Studies in gender in medieval culture have tended to focus on femininity, however the study of medieval masculinities has developed greatly over the last few ye
Conflicting Identities and Multiple Masculinities takes as its focus the construction of masculinity in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages until the fift
This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends
"How do we approach the study of masculinity in the past?" Ruth Mazo Karras asks. Medieval documents that have come down to us tell a great deal about the thing