Violence and Society in the Early Medieval West

Violence and Society in the Early Medieval West
ISBN-10
0851157130
ISBN-13
9780851157139
Category
History
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Incorporated
Author
Guy Halsall

Description

This work begins with the premise that the violence of life in the Middle Ages is nowadays both taken for granted and misunderstood. The essays in this collection all suggest or explore reasons why violent acts might have been perpetrated, and attempt to understand the social priorities which governed such acts. The studies aim to clarify a range of issues including the creation of political identities and the establishment of social order, matters of administration, colonisation, religious ritual, and gender.

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