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Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages by P. H Callum [Repost]

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Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages by P. H Callum [Repost]

Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages (University of Wales Press - Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages) by P. H Callum
English | July 16, 2004 | ISBN: 0708318940 | 244 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

Studies of gender in medieval culture have tended to focus on femininity; however, the study of medieval masculinities has developed into an important area of enquiry in the last few years. This collection is the first to concentrate on the ways in which varieties of medieval masculinity intersected with concepts of holiness. Individual essays in this volume explore differing notions of holiness which had currency in the Middle Ages, understood variously as religious, saintly, sacred, pure and morally perfect. They also consider the ways in which the performance of both holiness and masculinity was affected by other categories such as monasticism, kingship, mysticism, social status, body and age.