Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader

Book Overview

How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.

The sources collected here illustrate the power and reach of the language of vengeance in medieval European society. They span the early, high, and later middle ages, and capture a range of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442601264
• ISBN13: 9781442601260
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"