Morality and masculinity in the Carolingian empire / Rachel Stone.

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"What did it mean to be a Frankish nobleman in an age of reform? How could Carolingian lay nobles maintain their masculinity and their social position, while adhering to new and stricter moral demands by reformers concerning behaviour in war, sexual conduct and the correct use of power? This book ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 81.
Main Author: Stone, Rachel
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 [©2012]
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 81.
Subjects:
Carolingians > Conduct of life.
Nobility > France > Conduct of life.
Christian ethics > France > History > To 1500.
Moral education > France > History > To 1500.
Masculinity > France > History > To 1500.
France > History > To 987.
France > Social conditions > To 987.
HISTORY / Europe / General.
Physical Description:xvii, 399 pages : maps.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Moral texts and lay audiences; 3. Warfare; 4. Imagining power; 5. Central power; 6. Personal power; 7. Power and wealth; 8. Marriage; 9. Sex; 10. Men and morality; Bibliography.