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This detailed biography offers a reappraisal of the career of Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son and duke of Normandy from 1087 to 1106, locating the duke's career in the social, cultural and political context ofthe period. Robert's relationship with members of his family shaped the political landscape of England and Normandy for much of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries: indeed, even after his incarceration, from 1106 to 1134, his son William Clito (d. 1128) continued the fight against Robert's brother, Henry I. Twice driven into exile, Robert defeated his father in battle and eventually succeeded to the duchy of Normandy, although the throne of England was seized by William Rufus and then Henry I.
Nobility --- Crusades --- Robert --- Great Britain --- Normandy (France) --- History --- Barons' Crusade, 1096-1099 --- First Crusade, 1096-1099 --- Princes' Crusade, 1096-1099 --- Robert, --- Robert Curthose, --- First Crusade. --- Robert Curthose. --- Western Europe. --- William the Conqueror. --- chivalric hero. --- medieval England. --- medieval duchy of Normandy. --- royal perspective.
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Delving into three hundred years of Chinese literature, from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-nineteenth, The Libertines Friend uncovers the complex and fascinating history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, Giovanni Vitiello offers a frank exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution of masculinity in China. Vitiellos story unfolds chronologically, beginning with the earliest sources on homoeroticism in pre-imperial China and concluding with a look at developments in the twentieth century. Along the way, he identifies a number of recurring characters for example, the libertine scholar, the chivalric hero, and the lustful monk and sheds light on a set of key issues, including the social and legal boundaries that regulated sex between men, the rise of male prostitution, and the aesthetics of male beauty. Drawing on this trove of material, Vitiello presents a historical outline of changing notions of male homosexuality in China, revealing the integral part that same-sex desire has played in its culture.
Homosexuality --- Gays --- Sex customs --- Gay people --- Gay persons --- Homosexuals --- Persons --- Same-sex attraction --- Sexual orientation --- Bisexuality --- history --- homosexuality, masculinity, imperial china, homosocial, sexuality, men, gender, queer, relationships, pornography, literature, erotica, erotics, eroticism, same-sex, love, passion, homoeroticism, lustful monk, chivalric hero, libertine scholar, male prostitution, beauty, aesthetics, desire, sex, nonfiction, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, history, gay, friendship, heroes, romance. --- S04/0670 --- S04/0690 --- S11/0740 --- China: History--Ming: 1368 - 1644 --- China: History--Qing: 1644 - 1840 --- China: Social sciences--Sexual life: general and before 1949
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Contains detailed, eyewitness accounts of the most memorable exploits of a man fit to be memorialised as a model of ideal knighthood.
Knights and knighthood --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- Antoine de la Sale. --- Art of Chivalry. --- Castile. --- Chevaliers et hommes d’armes. --- Chivalric Hero. --- Chivalry. --- Fountain of Tears. --- Geoffroi de Charny. --- Georges Chastellain. --- Ghent War. --- History of William Marshal. --- La Biographie Chevaleresque. --- Le Petit Jehan de Saintré. --- Livre des faits de messire Jacques de Lalaing. --- Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms. --- Olivier de la Marche. --- Scotland. --- Song of Bertrand du Guesclin. --- Tournament in England 1100-1400. --- Tournaments.
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