From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe by Ruth Mazo Karras

From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe

Ruth Mazo Karras

256 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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 t...

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