Manhood in Early Modern England: Honour, Sex and Marriage

ISBN-13: 9780582307353 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 260 str.

Elisabeth Foyester; Elizabeth A. Foyster

Opis

Focuses on the relationships which men formed with their wives in early modern England. The text looks at youth and courtship before marriage, male fears of their wives' gossip and sexual betrayal, and male friendships before and after marriage.

Spis treści

1. Discovering Manhood.  Gender Roles and Responsibilities.  Sources and Methodologies.  2. Constructing Manhood.  Manhood.  Honourable Manhood.  Constructing Honourable Manhood.  3. Asserting Manhood.
Dangerous Passions.  Women's Talk.  Married Life.  4. Lost Manhood.  Lost Manhood.  The Cuckold's Wife
Community Reactions to Lost Manhood.  Occupation and Office.  Paternity.  Male Friendships.  Jealousy: Fictional Evidence.  Jealousy: A Case Study.  5. Restoring Manhood.  Legal Action and Defamation.  Legal Action and Adultery.  Reconciliation.  Violence Against Men.  Violence Against Women.  Taming the Scold.  Contented and Wittol Cuckolds.  Conclusion: Continuity and Change in Early Modern Manhood.  Further Reading.

O autorze

Elizabeth A Foyster