Masculinity in the Reformation Era / / ed. by Susan C. Karant-Nunn, Scott H. Hendrix.

• MitwirkendeR: Hendrix, Scott H.,; Karant-Nunn, Susan C.,; Mentzer, Raymond A.,; Poska, Allyson M.,; Puff, Helmut,; Spierling, Karen E.,; Strasser, Ulrike,; Tlusty, B. Ann,; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Hendrix, Scott H.,; Karant-Nunn, Susan C.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies ; 83
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

These essays add a unique perspective to studies that reconstruct the identity of manhood in early modern Europe, including France, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany. The authors examine the ways in which sixteenth- and seventeenth-century authorities, both secular and religious, labored to turn boys and men into the Christian males they desired. Topics include disparities among gender paradigms that early modern models prescribed and the tension between the patriarchal model and the civic duties that men were expected to fulfill. Essays about Martin Luther, a prolific self-witness, look into the marriage relationship with its expected and actual gender roles. Contributors to this volume are Scott H. Hendrix, Susan C. Karant-Nunn, Raymond A. Mentzer, Allyson M. Poska, Helmut Puff, Karen E. Spierling, Ulrike Strasser, B. Ann Tlusty, and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Deviating from the Norms -- A Married Man Is a Woman -- The Reform of Masculinities in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland -- "The First Form and Grace" -- Masculinity and Patriarchy in Reformation Germany -- Part Two: Civic and Religious Duties -- Father, Son, and Pious Christian -- Masculinity and the Reformed Tradition in France -- Rumor, Fear, and Male Civic Duty during a Confessional Crisis -- Part Three: The Man Martin Luther -- The Masculinity of Martin Luther -- "Lustful Luther" -- About the Contributors -- Index