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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255443203321

Titolo

Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle : Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages / Jörg Rogge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2018

2018, c2017

ISBN

9783837637830

3837637832

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272)

Collana

Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften

Disciplina

940

Soggetti

Body

Middle Ages

Fight

Violence

Conflict

Medieval History

Early Modern History

European History

History

Cultural History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Editorial    2 CONTENT    5 Preface    7 Introduction    9 "The Goths Drew Swords Together" Individual and Collective Acts of Violence by Gothic Warlords and their War Bands    15 The Torture of Bodies in Byzantium After the Riots (Sec. IV-VIII)    43 "One man slashes, one slays, one warns, one wounds: Injury and Death in Anglo-Scottish Combat, c.1296-c.1403__61_78_OA_Macinnes, Iain{0000021117}     Willing Body, Willing Mind: Non- Combatant Culpability According to English Combatant Writers, 1327-77    79 Body Techniques of Combat: The Depiction of a Personal Fighting System in the Fight Books of Hans Talhofer (1443-1467 CE)    109 Six Weeks to Prepare for Combat: Instruction and Practices from the Fight



Books at the End of the Middle Ages, a Note on Ritualised Single Combats    131 The Body of the Condottiero A Link Between Physical Pain and Military Virtue as it was Interpreted in Renaissance Italy    165 Two Kinds of War? Brutality and Atrocity in Later Medieval Scotland    199 Logistics and Food Supply in the Crònica of Ramon Muntaner    231 Summary and Conclusions: Silent Men and the Art of Fighting    251 Contributors    267

Sommario/riassunto

What bodily experiences did fighters make through their lifetime and especially in violent conflicts? How were the bodies of fighters trained, nourished, and prepared for combat? How did they respond to wounds, torture and the ubiquitous risk of death?The articles present examples of body techniques of fighters and their perception throughout the Middle Ages. The geographical scope ranges from the Anglo-Scottish borderlands over Central Europe up to the Mediterranean World. This larger framework enables the reader to trace the similarities and differences of the cultural practice of "Killing and Being Killed" in various contexts.Contributions by Iain MacInnes, Alastair J. Macdonald, Bogdan-Petru Maleon, and others.

»Sehr gut lesbare, zum großen Teil auch neue Perspektiven aufzeigende Forschungsergebnisse.«

»Das generelle Verdienst des Bandes [ist es], einen wertvollen Beitrag zur Erforschung der mittelalterlichen Kriegerelite geleistet und fruchtbare Impulse gesetzt zu haben. Nicht zuletzt sind anhand verschiedener Einzelstudien lohnende Perspektiven für eine weitere Beschäftigung aufgezeigt worden.«

Besprochen in:Parergon, 35/1 (2018), Thomas A. FudgeZeitschrift für Historische Forschung 45/1 (2018), Romedio Schmitz-EsserEnglish Historical Review, 566/2 (2019), Patricia SkinnerMilitärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 78/1 (2019), Malte PrietzelDeutsches Archiv, 76/1 (2020), Martin Clauss