Description: 1. Discovering Manhood. Gender Roles and Responsibilities. Sources and Methodologies. 2. Constructing Manhood. Manhood. Honourable Manhood. Constructing Honourable Manhood. 3. Asserting Manhood. Dangerous Passions. Women's Talk. Married Life. 4. Lost Manhood. Lost Manhood. The Cuckold's Wife Community Reactions to Lost Manhood. Occupation and Office. Paternity. Male Friendships. Jealousy: Fictional Evidence. Jealousy: A Case Study. 5. Restoring Manhood. Legal Action and Defamation. Legal Action and Adultery. Reconciliation. Violence Against Men. Violence Against Women. Taming the Scold. Contented and Wittol Cuckolds. Conclusion: Continuity and Change in Early Modern Manhood. Further Reading.

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