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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464836903321

Titolo

Battle and bloodshed : the Medieval world at war / / edited by Lorna Bleach and Keira Borrill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-5737-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

355.00940902

Soggetti

Military history, Medieval

Military art and science - History - Medieval, 500-1500

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; Part II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; Part III; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; Part IV; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; Part V; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of articles is the result of an interdisciplinary Medieval Studies conference held at the University of Sheffield in 2009. Brutality and aggression were a stark reality of everyday life in the Middle Ages; from individual rebellions through family feuds to epic wars, a history of medieval warfare could easily be read as a history of medieval violence. This volume goes beyond such an analysis by illustrating just how pervasive the nature of war could be, influencing not only me...