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Violent Masculinities

Male Aggression in Early Modern Texts and Culture
By:null
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137344748
eText ISBN:9781137344755
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure - the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in literature and culture, from civic violence to chivalric combat to brawls and battles.