IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 707: Models of Masculinity in Late Medieval Northern Europe
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Bobbi Sutherland, Department of History, University of Dayton, Ohio |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Miguel Gómez, Department of History, University of Dayton, Ohio |
| Paper 707-a | Brothers-in-(Masculine)-Law: Policing Piety and Masculine Reputation (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Paper 707-b | 'A man, but what sort? A knight or a burgher?': Examining Masculinity in the Ménagier (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Social History |
| Paper 707-c | Young Men, Public Order, and Prosecuting 'Rudeness' in Late Medieval Bruges (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Social History |
| Abstract | How masculinity is defined and defended has changed over time and can even be fluid within a given time and place. In the Late Middle Ages, how one was understood to achieve manhood had as much to do with relations with other men, one's social position, and the overall political context as it did with one's personal attributes. As these three papers demonstrate, one's masculinity might be threatened by his wife's behavior, and more importantly, her brother's response to it; a man's understanding of manhood might reveal or confuse his social position; and the prosecution of 'rudeness' committed by young men can indicate change in understandings of masculine honor and urban peace. |