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This book looks at how masculinity is depicted in knightly memoirs in 15th century France. The meaning of male and female sexuality was constructed on a hierarchical scale of one single gender, and not a binary opposition of two biologically distinct bodies. The author shows numerous examples of this trend in the knightly memoirs that support this understanding.

Civilization, Medieval. --- Masculinity -- Europe -- History. --- Men -- Europe -- History. --- Masculinity --- Men --- Chivalry --- History

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This important book launches the medieval tier of Longman's new gender history series, Women and Men in History. The volume, which is aimed at students, scholars and general readers alike, examines masculinity across medieval Europe (including the Byzantine Empire, Italy, France, Germany, and England) between the fourth and sixteenth centuries. Scholarly, and yet always accessible, the book is a much-needed contribution to the study of gender in the Middle Ages." "The aim of the book is to problematise medieval masculimity showing how it was far from being a fixed identity against which female status and identity can be constructed.

Beschaving [Middeleeuwse ] --- Civilisation médiévale --- Civilization [Medieval ] --- Civilization [Medieval ]--History --- Europa--Beschaving--476-1492 --- Europe--Civilisation--476-1492 --- Europe--Civilization--476-1492 --- Medieval civilization --- Middeleeuwen--Beschaving --- Middeleeuwen--Cultuur --- Middeleeuwse beschaving --- Middeleeuwse cultuur --- Middle Ages--Civilization --- Moyen-Age--Civilisation --- 316.346.2 --- Demografische stratificatie naar geslacht --- 316.346.2 Demografische stratificatie naar geslacht --- History of civilization --- anno 500-1499 --- Men --- Europe --- History --- Masculinity --- Civilization, Medieval --- Men - Europe - History --- Masculinity - Europe - History --- MEN --- MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION --- MASCULINITE --- EUROPE --- HISTORY