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I've been enjoying Amanda Vickery's series on masculine archetypes. So far she's examined, so to speak, the Knight, the Gentleman and the Lover, with the Sailor, Explorer and Suit still to come. Amid tidbits such as 16th century self-help books for men, it's an interesting overview of the changing view of the sexes - for example how the idea of women as unbridled temptresses gave way to the idea that it is male lust that's insatiable and that seduction is the man's role.
The programme goes at at 9am and 9:30pm on Mondays, and each episode is available online for a week. It should be accessible from outside the UK, though obviously I can't test that.
There's a preview/overview of the whole series here, and a related article on the subject of The Gentleman here.
I'm heading south to visit my parents tomorrow after work. I hope to check in occasionally but probably won't be about here much until after I get back home on Tuesday night.
The programme goes at at 9am and 9:30pm on Mondays, and each episode is available online for a week. It should be accessible from outside the UK, though obviously I can't test that.
There's a preview/overview of the whole series here, and a related article on the subject of The Gentleman here.
I'm heading south to visit my parents tomorrow after work. I hope to check in occasionally but probably won't be about here much until after I get back home on Tuesday night.
