Byzantium & Friends

126. Can scholars and clerics be manly?, with Maroula Perisanidi

Maroula Perisanidi discusses the unique masculinity developed by scholars and clerics in 11th-12th century Byzantium, the obstacles it encountered, and the concept of masculine capital in her book 'Masculinity in Byzantium, c. 1000-1200: Scholars, Clerics and Violence'.

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