<p>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 This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.</p>
Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader
โ Scribed by Daniel Lord Smail; Kelly Lyn Gibson
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 496
- Series
- Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures 13
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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