Wandervogels and Women: Journeymen's Concepts of Masculinity in Early Modern Germany

Husbands, Masculinity, Male Work and Household Economy in Eighteenth‐Century Italy: The Case of Turin

“…44 The professional mobility among these petitioners is particularly striking when considering the artisan group since specialisation in one's craft and professional stability were held as the salient characteristics of respectable craftsmen. 45 It is likely that several Turinese artisans fulfilled these expectations: indeed, in their petitions they emphasised their long experience and their roots in local networks, proven by depositions from well-reputed colleagues. At the same time, the data provide evidence of the fact that their professional status was complex and fluid, since they could be involved in (and adapt to) different economic roles.…”

‘Dishonourable’ youth, guilds, and the changed world view of sex, illegitimacy, and women in late-sixteenth-century Germany

“…Journeymen increasingly feared the competition of women and thus 'strenuously opposed any women working in guild shops '. 79 The most telling example, however, comes from the ordinances of the trouser-knitters and carpet-and cap-producers. They stated that no master was to teach knitting or a similar handicraft to a woman, unless she was his wife or legitimate daughter.…”

Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Rituals in Modern Europe and America

“…Of the authors listed above, Wiesner (1993, 5) acknowledges this in her introduc tion, but the rest of her book is, as her title suggests, only about women and femininity. See, however, her earlier article (Wiesner 1991), which focuses on masculinity.…”