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Essays suggest or explore reasons why violent acts might have been
perpetrated, and attempt to understand the social priorities which
governed such acts. Thought-provoking and characterized by a high
level of scholarship. HISTORYAn important addition to the dialogue
concerning the nature of conflict and its resolution in the early
medieval West. HISTORIAN [US] The `violence' oflife in the middle
ages is nowadays both taken for granted and little understood. The
essays in this collection all suggest or explore reasons why
violent acts might have been perpetrated, and attempt to understand
the social priorities which governed such acts. Broadly, the
studies clarify issues relating to the creation of political
identities and the establishment of social order, and cover matters
of administration, religious ritual, and gender.Contributors: GUY
HALSALL, LUIS A. GARCIA MORENO, PAUL FOURACRE, T.S. BROWN, JANET L.
NELSON, N.B. AITCHISON, MATTHEW BENNETT, GUY A.E. MORRIS, S.J.
SPEIGHT, ROSS BALZARETTI, JULIE COLEMAN, NANCY L. WICKER. GUY
HALSALL is lecturer in the Department of History, Birkbeck College,
University of London. Contributors: GUY HALSALL, LUIS A. GARCIA
MORENO, PAUL FOURACRE, T.S. BROWN, JANET L. NELSON, N.B. AITCHISON,
MATTHEW BENNETT, GUY A.E. MORRIS, S.J. SPEIGHT, ROSS BALZARETTI,
JULIE COLEMAN, NANCY L. WICKER.
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