Medieval violence : physical brutality in Northern France, 1270-1330 / Hannah Skoda.
Series: Oxford historical monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations, map.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191749551 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Violence -- France, Northern -- History -- To 1500 | France -- Social life and customs -- To 1328Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199670833DDC classification: 303.6094409022 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume describes and analyses brutality in the later Middle Ages, focusing on a thriving region of Northern France. It explores experiences of, and attitudes towards, violence as well as offering fresh ways of thinking about violence in societies. New light is thrown on the social life of villages and towns in a transitional period.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume describes and analyses brutality in the later Middle Ages, focusing on a thriving region of Northern France. It explores experiences of, and attitudes towards, violence as well as offering fresh ways of thinking about violence in societies. New light is thrown on the social life of villages and towns in a transitional period.
Description based on print version record.