Masculine Virtue in Early Modern Spain - 9781472441898

Taylor & Francis

Masculine Virtue in Early Modern SpainAuthor(s): Shifra Armon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472441898, 978-1472441898\nSynopsis\nMasculine Virtue in Early Modern Spain extricates the history of masculinity in early modern Spain from the narrative of Spains fall from imperial power after 1640. This book culls genres as diverse as emblem books, poetry, drama, courtesy treatises and prose fiction, to restore the inception of courtiership at the Spanish Hapsburg court to the history of masculinity.\nRefuting the current conception that Spains political decline precipitated a crisis of masculinity, Masculine Virtue maps changes in figurations of normative masculine conduct from 1500 to 1700. As Spain assumed the role of Europes first modern centralized empire, codes of masculine conduct changed to meet the demands of global rule. Viewed chronologically, Shifra Armon shows Spanish conduct literature to reveal three .