Discourse in steel: aspects of interpersonal violence, anxiety, and the negotiation of masculinity identity in Western European literature, 1100-1600

Michael Robert Ovens

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Abstract

This dissertation updates scholarly understandings of literary representations of interpersonal violence during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Representations of violence and single combat participated in larger debates over the relative value of competing ideals of masculinity, debates which were themselves underpinned by a conception of violence that encompassed not only physical force but also the social and ethical realms of human conflict. These debates were responsible for shaping the genesis and development of the codified Western martial arts traditions from as early as the thirteenth century.
Original languageEnglish
QualificationDoctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution
  • The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors
  • White, Robert, Supervisor
  • Lynch, Andrew, Supervisor
  • Kambaskovic-Schwartz, Danijela, Supervisor
Award date13 Jan 2017
DOIs
Publication statusUnpublished - 2016

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