Medieval Violence: Physical Brutality in Northern France, 1270-1330

by Hannah Skoda

Book Overview

Medieval Violence provides a detailed analysis of the practice of medieval brutality, focusing on a thriving region of northern France in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. It examines how violence was conceptualised in this period, and uses this framework to investigate street violence, tavern brawls, urban rebellions, student misbehaviour, and domestic violence. The interactions between these various forms of violence are examined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199670838
• ISBN13: 9780199670833
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"