A great effusion of blood?
Subtitle: interpreting medieval violence
By: edited by Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel Thiery, Oren Falk.
Contributors: Meyerson, Mark D.; Thiery, Daniel.; Falk, Oren, 1969-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Violence -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Civilization, Medieval.; Violence in literature.; Violence -- Europe -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500.; Violence dans la littérature.
Description: Medievalists from several countries offer accounts of Medieval violence at is related to identity formation and the testament of the body, examining such topics as the murder of Pau de Sant Marti in 15th-century Valencia; London, Gower, and the 1381 rising; an intercultural perspective; and violence in the early Robin Hood poems. Most of the 13 essays are from a 1998 conference in Toronto. They are not indexed. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.