My first thought is the difference between the past and later images of it.
Mine, too. It's always interesting with historical fiction, to try to untangle the mores of the era written about, and the era written from. And of course constructs of masculinity have changed so much over centuries and cultures.
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Date: 2022-03-17 03:51 pm (UTC)Mine, too. It's always interesting with historical fiction, to try to untangle the mores of the era written about, and the era written from. And of course constructs of masculinity have changed so much over centuries and cultures.