Medieval Masculinity – What It Really Meant to Be a Man

The episode examines the varied ideals of masculinity in medieval Britain, showing how knighthood, monastic restraint, peasant labour and urban craft each had their own expectations for men. By drawing on chronicles, legal texts, guild records and archaeological evidence, we reveal that manhood was negotiated differently across class and geography rather than defined by a single heroic narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices