Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2560
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Itnyre , Cathy Jorgensen.
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  • Title: The Emotional Universe of Medieval Icelandic Fathers and Sons [discusses the qualities that fathers want to find in their sons including courage, obedience, concern for family honor, and a physical ressemblance to the father; also breifly discusses the qualities that dissapoint including cowardice, disobedience, and associating with bad company].
  • Source: Medieval Family Roles: A Book of Essays.  Edited by Cathy Jorgensen Itnyre.  Garland Publishing, 1996.  Pages 173 - 196.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Emotions in Literature Fathers in Literature Iceland Masculinity in Literature Sagas Sons in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 12-13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Copper Mountain College
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0815313292