Exploring the issue from both historical and literary perspectives, the contributors examine violence in a broad variety of genres, places, and times, such as the Late Antique lives of the martyrs, Islamic historiography, Anglo-Saxon poetry and Norse sagas, and more.
Exploring the issue from both historical and literary perspectives, the contributors examine violence in a broad variety of genres, places, and times, such as the Late Antique lives of the martyrs, Islamic historiography, Anglo-Saxon poetry and Norse sagas, and more.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel Thiery, and Oren Falk PART I: VIOLENCE AND IDENTITY FORMATION 1 Violence and the Making of Wiglaf John M. Hill 2 Defending Their Masters’ Honour: Slaves as Violent Offenders in Fifteenth-Century Valencia Debra Blumenthal 3 The Murder of Pau de Sant Martí: Jews, Conversos, and the Feud in Fifteenth-Century Valencia Mark D. Meyerson 4 Violence and the Sacred City: London, Gower, and the Rising of 1381 Eve Salisbury 5 Bystanders and Hearsayers First: Reassessing the Role of the Audience in Duelling Oren Falk 6 Scottish National Heroes and the Limits of Violence Anne Mckim PART II: VIOLENCE AND THE TESTAMENT OF THE BODY 7 Seeing the Gendering of Violence: Female and Male Martyrs in the South English Legendary Beth Crachiolo 8 Violence or Cruelty? An Intercultural Perspective Daniel Baraz 9 Body as Champion of Church Authority and Sacred Place: The Murder of Thomas Becket Dawn Marie Hayes 10 Chaucer’s Clerk’s Tale: Interrogating ‘Virtue’ through Violence M.C. Bodden 11 Violence, the Queen’s Body, and the Medieval Body Politic John Carmi Parsons 12 Violence in the Early Robin Hood Poems 268 Richard Firth Green 13 Canon Laws regarding Female Military Commanders up to the Time of Gratian: Some Texts and Their Historical Contexts David Hay Conclusion Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel Thiery, and Oren Falk
Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel Thiery, and Oren Falk PART I: VIOLENCE AND IDENTITY FORMATION 1 Violence and the Making of Wiglaf John M. Hill 2 Defending Their Masters’ Honour: Slaves as Violent Offenders in Fifteenth-Century Valencia Debra Blumenthal 3 The Murder of Pau de Sant Martí: Jews, Conversos, and the Feud in Fifteenth-Century Valencia Mark D. Meyerson 4 Violence and the Sacred City: London, Gower, and the Rising of 1381 Eve Salisbury 5 Bystanders and Hearsayers First: Reassessing the Role of the Audience in Duelling Oren Falk 6 Scottish National Heroes and the Limits of Violence Anne Mckim PART II: VIOLENCE AND THE TESTAMENT OF THE BODY 7 Seeing the Gendering of Violence: Female and Male Martyrs in the South English Legendary Beth Crachiolo 8 Violence or Cruelty? An Intercultural Perspective Daniel Baraz 9 Body as Champion of Church Authority and Sacred Place: The Murder of Thomas Becket Dawn Marie Hayes 10 Chaucer’s Clerk’s Tale: Interrogating ‘Virtue’ through Violence M.C. Bodden 11 Violence, the Queen’s Body, and the Medieval Body Politic John Carmi Parsons 12 Violence in the Early Robin Hood Poems 268 Richard Firth Green 13 Canon Laws regarding Female Military Commanders up to the Time of Gratian: Some Texts and Their Historical Contexts David Hay Conclusion Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel Thiery, and Oren Falk
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