There are many aspects to being a male in the medieval times of Spain, whether you are a king, knight or peasant. To determine a mans class was through their wealth and land owned. For example, men with more money, titles and more land had more rights, freedom, and dominance. The higher class for men were noblemen, knights, and kings. Men were expected to exude dominance in order to be considered masculine, in terms of women, war, and authority, – stated by Stoss, Laura R. (An Exploration of Conformity to Medieval Male and Female Roles in the Chronicle of Alfonso X, 2013). First of all, due to society men had different expectancy compare to women. While women were expected to stay home and have children for their husbands, women did not get to decide when they were ready children their companions were the ones to decide when it was time to out-branch. In order
to portray these historical figures as an ideal male or female t,he chronicler explores what signified the archetypical mold of each gender to determine whether or not Alfonso X and Queen Violante did, in fact, conform to the traditional norms of medieval masculinity and femininity, – informed from Stoss, Laura R. (An Exploration of Conformity to Medieval Male and Female Roles in the Chronicle of Alfonso X, 2013). Men were only ones allowed to go fight in a war, especially the unwealthy men. Most peasants jobs were to serve richer men and women and farming. Richer men relied on their workers to work and take care of their land which most money was generated from their lands or inheritance. Middle-class men were usually employed by knights and noblemen and they work for the king. The wealthy had a say and vote to make in major decisions in society and in court.