| Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader Contributor(s): Smail, Daniel Lord (Editor), Gibson, Kelly Lyn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1442601264 ISBN-13: 9781442601260 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Social History - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 306.209 |
| Series: Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.65 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages. The sources collected here illustrate the power and reach of the language of vengeance in medieval European society. They span the early, high, and later middle ages, and capture a range of perspectives including legal sources, learned commentaries, narratives, and documents of practice. Though social elites necessarily figure prominently in all medieval sources, sources concerning relatively low-status individuals and sources pertaining to women are included. The sources range from saints' lives that illustrate the idea of vengeance to later medieval court records concerning vengeful practices. A secondary goal of the collection is to illustrate the prominence of mechanisms for peacemaking in medieval European society. The introduction traces recent scholarly developments in the study of vengeance and discusses the significance of these concepts for medieval political and social history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smail, Daniel Lord: - Daniel Lord Smail is Professor of History at Harvard University. He is the co-editor with Thelma Fenster of Fama: The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe (Cornell University Press, 2003), The Consumption of Justice: Emotions, Publicity, and Legal Culture in Marseille, 1264-1423 (Cornell University Press, 2003), and Imaginary Cartographies: Possession and Identity in Late Medieval Marseille (Cornell University Press, 1999).Gibson, Kelly Lyn: - Kelly Gibson is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Harvard University. |