Books have rarely been written about the history of any emotion
except love and shame, and this volume is the very first on the
meaning of anger in the Middle Ages. Well aware of modern theories
about the nature of anger, the authors consider the role of anger
in the social lives and conceptual universes of a varied and
significant cross-section of medieval people: monks, saints, kings,
lords, and peasants. They are careful to distinguish between texts
(the sources on which historians must rely) and the reality behind
the texts. They are sensitive, as well, to the differences between
ideals and normative behavior.
The first eight essays in the volume focus on anger in the Latin
West, while the last two turn to the fringes of Europe (the Celtic
and Islamic worlds) for purposes of comparison. Barbara H.
Rosenwein concludes the volume with an essay on modern conceptions
of anger and their implications for understanding its role in the
Middle Ages. The essays reveal much that is new about medieval
rituals of honor and status and illuminate the rationales behind
such seemingly irrational practices as cursing, feuding, and the
punishment of blinding.
Contributors: Gerd Althoff, University of Munster; Richard E.
Barton, Yale University; Genevieve Buhrer-Thierry, University of
Marne-la-Vallee; Wendy Davies, University College London; Paul
Freedman, Yale University; Zouhair Ghazzal, Loyola University,
Chicago; Paul Hyams, Cornell University; Lester K. Little, Smith
College; Catherine Peyroux, Duke University; Barbara H. Rosenwein,
Loyola University, Chicago; Stephen D. White, Emory University"
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