Masculinities can be regarded as performative configurations of practices. The practices in which individuals engage define the concept of masculinity, and at the same time shape the male bodies performing them. Previous research has suggested that the use of physical violence – in the right manner – was an important way of enacting masculinity in medieval northern Europe. Acts of violence can leave identifiable marks on the body, and be detectable in human skeletal remains. This case study analysed individuals with weapon-related trauma, buried at the Dominican priory in Västerås, Sweden (thirteenth to sixteenth century AD). It focuses on ten males with injuries sustained around or shortly before the time of death, and the results are used to examine how masculinities were performed in activities associated with violence and battle, and how warrior masculinities were embodied. The text discusses battle-related activities, such as fighting, fleeing, being injured, healing and dying.

阳刚之气可以被视为实践的表演配置。个人参与的实践定义了阳刚之气的概念，同时塑造了男性的身体。先前的研究表明，以正确的方式使用身体暴力是在中世纪北欧展现男子气概的重要方式。暴力行为可以在身体上留下可识别的标记，并且可以在人类骨骼残骸中检测到。本案例研究分析了埋葬在瑞典韦斯特罗斯的多米尼加修道院（公元 13 至 16 世纪）的与武器有关的创伤的个体。它侧重于十名在死亡前后或不久之前受伤的男性，其结果用于检查在与暴力和战斗相关的活动中如何表现男子气概，以及如何体现战士的阳刚之气。文本讨论了与战斗有关的活动，例如战斗、逃跑、受伤、治愈和死亡。