ABC of WAR
ABC of War
Annotated bibliography of Cultures of War
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Gewalt und Gefangenschaft im Mittelalter
Meier, Frank

Frank Meier introduces the topics of violence and captivity in medieval warfare. He confronts normative thinking about violence with the practices of violence.

Review by: Kister, Michael, 2025-09-03 10:31
#Meier, Frank
#Europe
#Historiography
#Prisoners of War
#Violence
#Early Modern
#Middle Ages

Wirtschaft, Krieg und Seelenheil
Kaar, Alexandra

The Book explores papal & imperial trading bans during Hussite Wars 1420-1436 and analyze religious embargo politics in the  context of late Middle Ages.

 

Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz, 2022-09-27 08:57
#Kaar, Alexandra
#Southern and Central Europe
#Communication
#Hussites
#Violence
#High Middle Ages

Religious Horror and Holy War in Viking Age Francia
Gillis, Bryan

Bryan  Gillis explores the use of what he labels “horror rhetoric” by West-Francian authors in response to the misery befalling the kingdom from the 880s until the 920s

Review by: Peters, Bart, 2022-09-27 08:00
#Gillis, Bryan
#France
#Latin Europe
#Historiography
#Reception History
#Carolingians
#Violence
#Early Middle Ages
#Middle Ages

Krieg und Christentum, Opening chapter on War and Christianity
Holzem, Andreas

Holzem  argues that the assumption of a general violence-promoting tendency of the monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism), is too short-sighted

Review by: Rapp, Michael, 2022-09-27 07:53
#Holzem, Andreas
#Latin Europe
#Theology
#Violence
#Early Middle Ages

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