Be a perfect man : Christian masculinity and the Carolingian aristocracy /
In Be a Perfect Man, Andrew J. Romig argues that Carolingian representations of caritas served as a discourse of power, a means by which early medieval writers made claims, both explicit and implicit, about the hierarchies of masculine power that they believed ought to exist within their world.
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017] |
Series: | Middle Ages series.
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Summary: | In Be a Perfect Man, Andrew J. Romig argues that Carolingian representations of caritas served as a discourse of power, a means by which early medieval writers made claims, both explicit and implicit, about the hierarchies of masculine power that they believed ought to exist within their world. The life of an aristocratic Carolingian man involved an array of behaviors and duties associated with his gender and rank: an education in arms and letters; training in horsemanship, soldiery, and hunting; betrothal, marriage, and the virile production of heirs; and the masterful command of a prominent household. In Be a Perfect Man , Andrew J. Romig argues that Carolingian masculinity was constituted just as centrally by the performance of caritas , defined by the early medieval scholar Alcuin of York as a complete and all-inclusive love for God and for fellow human beings, flowing from the whole heart, mind, and soul. The authority of the Carolingian man depended not only on his skills in warfare and landholding but also on his performances of empathy, devotion, and asceticism. |
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Item Description: | Print version record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-241) and index. |
ISBN: | 0812249240 0812294297 9780812249248 9780812294293 |
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