{"id":119334,"date":"2017-12-27T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=119334"},"modified":"2017-12-19T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:16:01","slug":"mothers-ninth-century-manual-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/27\/mothers-ninth-century-manual-man-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mother\u2019s Ninth-Century Manual on How to Be a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_118779\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7988601f8f642c7cb8682b4faae846d8-mother-and-child-being-a-mother.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118779\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7988601f8f642c7cb8682b4faae846d8-mother-and-child-being-a-mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7988601f8f642c7cb8682b4faae846d8-mother-and-child-being-a-mother.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7988601f8f642c7cb8682b4faae846d8-mother-and-child-being-a-mother-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Edelfelt, <em> Queen Blanche of Norway and Sweden with Prince (later King) Hacon<\/em>, 1877.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Being a red-blooded, blue-blooded male in the Carolingian Empire was a risky business. Those who grew up in Western Europe during the eighth and ninth centuries were frequently exposed to extreme violence. One adolescent royal from the period was struck so hard in a play fight that, in the words of a contemporary account, his playmate\u2019s sword \u201cpenetrated almost as far as the brain, reaching from his left temple to his right cheekbone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/01\/mothers-ninth-century-manual-man\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday! &nbsp; Being a red-blooded, blue-blooded male in the Carolingian Empire was a risky business. Those who grew up in Western Europe during the eighth and ninth centuries were frequently exposed to extreme violence. 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