Morality and Masculinity in the Carolingian Empire.

What were Carolingian noblemen told about the morality of war, power and sex, and how did they respond?.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Stone, Rachel.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • MORALITY AND MASCULINITY IN THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • A NOTE ON TRANSLATION
  • OFFICIALS
  • LORDSHIP TERMINOLOGY (SEE CHAPTER 6, PP. 188-9)
  • HOUSEHOLD TERMINOLOGY
  • ABREVIATIONS
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • THE WAY TO HEAVEN
  • STUDYING MORALITY
  • MORALITY AND REALITY
  • STUDYING MASCULINITY
  • MASCULINITY AND 'CRISIS'
  • DEFINING LAY NOBLES
  • Chapter 2 MORAL TEXTS AND LAY AUDIENCES
  • GENRES AND THE LAYMAN
  • LAY MIRRORS
  • Eric and Paulinus
  • Matfrid and Jonas
  • William and Dhuoda
  • MORAL ADVICE FOR RULERS
  • HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
  • POETRY
  • REGULATORY TEXTS
  • LETTERS
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 3 WARFARE
  • CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS
  • JUSTIFYING WARFARE
  • THE RISE OF PEACEFULNESS?
  • IMAGES OF THE WARRIOR
  • Participation and bravery
  • The limits of prowess
  • Heroic death
  • NORMS OF WARFARE
  • Plundering
  • Chivalry
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 4 IMAGINING POWER
  • THE MORALITY OF SOCIAL HIERARCHY
  • MORAL HIERARCHY
  • PRIDE
  • NOBILITY AND VIRTUE
  • NOBLE SELF-SANCTIFICATION
  • THE CAROLINGIAN NOBILIS
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 5 CENTRAL POWER
  • COURTIERS
  • The court as moral problem?
  • Counsel-giving
  • COUNTS AND MORALITY
  • Obtaining office
  • Behaviour in office
  • JUSTICE AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
  • Law and power
  • Moral responsibilities of judges
  • Justice and mercy
  • Parties and witnesses
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 6 PERSONAL POWER
  • CAROLINGIAN HOUSEHOLDS
  • THE UNFREE
  • LORDSHIP
  • The ethos of lordship
  • KINSHIP
  • Husbands, fathers and brothers
  • Kin and friends
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 7 POWER AND WEALTH
  • THE IMAGE OF THE RICH
  • THE MEANS TO WEALTH
  • THE MORALITY OF LAND
  • Tenants and benefice-holders
  • MORAL WAYS TO WEALTH?
  • THE USE OF WEALTH
  • Spending and giving
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 8 MARRIAGE
  • STUDYING MARRIAGE
  • RAPTUS.
  • INCEST
  • Western exceptionalism
  • The impact of regulation
  • POLYGAMY
  • DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 9 SEX
  • STUDYING SEXUALITY
  • UNMARRIED MEN
  • MARITAL SEX
  • Lay views
  • ADULTERY
  • 'UNNATURAL' SEX
  • Divergent discussions
  • CAROLINGIAN SEXUAL DISCOURSES
  • Pollution and scandal
  • MASCULINITY AND SEX
  • SEX AND THE SOCIAL ORDER
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 10 MEN AND MORALITY
  • REFLECTIONS IN THE LAY MIRRORS
  • HOW CAN MEN BE MORAL?
  • HOW CAN MORAL MEN BE MANLY?
  • THEORIES OF CAROLINGIAN MASCULINITY
  • Carolingian crises?
  • TOWARDS EARLY MEDIEVAL MASCULINITY
  • CAROLINGIAN REFORM AND GENDER
  • Political culture and masculinity
  • THE END OF THE CAROLINGIAN CONSENSUS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • PRIMARY SOURCES
  • INDEX.