Masculinity and manliness (virilitas) played an increasingly significant role in political culture and practices in late medieval England, embodied, for example, in the figure of Edward I, whose conquests of Wales and Scotland went some way to establishing English dominance on the island of Britain, and whose manly qualities were praised by chroniclers. Yet masculinity also represented a field of tension in the realm of politics, one which structured perceptions and the actions of individuals. This paper will explore these tensions within the English state in the leadup to war with France in the fourteenth century, arguing for the importance of gender to our understanding of politics of this era, as well as a guiding principle of political actors.
Wann: 8.10.2025 um 18 Uhr
Wo: UR 09.24 Heinrichstraße 25 II
Eine Kooperation der Arbeitsbereiche Kultur– und Geschlechtergeschichte und Geschichte des Mittelalters des Instituts für Geschichte.