LEADER 02613oam 2200469I 450 001 9910793673803321 005 20230126221143.0 010 $a90-04-40121-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004401211 035 $a(CKB)4100000008398813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5842519 035 $a(OCoLC)1096237198 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004401211 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008398813 100 $a20190426d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFriendship, Love, and Brotherhood in Medieval Northern Europe, c. 1000-1200 /$fLars Hermanson 210 1$aLeiden,$aBoston :$cBRILL,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 282 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aThe Northern World;$vv.85 300 $aOriginally published in Sweden in 2009 as Ba?rande band : va?nskap, ka?rlek och bro?draskap i det medeltida Nordeuropa, ca 1000-1200. 311 $a90-04-40007-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Ideas of Friendship, Love, and Brotherhood in Classical Philosophy -- Friendship and Social Formation in the High Middle Ages -- Friendship in an Oath-Taking Society ? A Ritual Perspective -- Friendship and Lordship in Twelfth-Century Scandinavia -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- General Index. 330 $aIn this book, Lars Hermanson discusses how religious beliefs and norms steered attitudes to friendship and love, and how these ways of thinking affected social identity and political behaviour. With examples taken from eleventh- and twelfth-century northern Europe, the author investigates why friendship was praised both by brotherhoods of aristocratic warriors and by brethren within monastery walls. Social and political functions rested on personal connections rather than a strong central state in the High Middle Ages. This meant that friendship was an important pragmatic instrument for establishing social order and achieving success in the game of politics. 410 0$aThe Northern World$v85. 606 $aSocial sciences 607 $aEurope, Northern$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aSocial sciences. 676 $a940.1 700 $aHermanson$b Lars$01576725 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793673803321 996 $aFriendship, Love, and Brotherhood in Medieval Northern Europe, c. 1000-1200$93854688 997 $aUNINA