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Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages Jörg Rogge
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Body.
- Middle Ages.
- Fight.
- Violence.
- Conflict.
- Medieval History.
- Early Modern History.
- European History.
- History.
- Cultural History.
- Local Subjects:
- Body.
- Middle Ages.
- Fight.
- Violence.
- Conflict.
- Medieval History.
- Early Modern History.
- European History.
- History.
- Cultural History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Rogge (ed.), Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2018
- Summary:
- What bodily experiences did fighters make through their lifetime and especially in violent conflicts?How were the bodies of fighters trained, nourished, and prepared for combat?How did they respond to wounds, torture and the ubiquitous risk of death?.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Editorial
- CONTENT
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Goths Drew Swords Together" Individual and Collective Acts of Violence by Gothic Warlords and their War Bands
- The Torture of Bodies in Byzantium After the Riots (Sec. IV-VIII)
- One man slashes, one slays, one warns, one wounds´: Injury and Death in Anglo-Scottish Combat, c.1296-c.1403
- Willing Body, Willing Mind: Non- Combatant Culpability According to English Combatant Writers, 1327-77
- Body Techniques of Combat: The Depiction of a Personal Fighting System in the Fight Books of Hans Talhofer (1443-1467 CE)
- Six Weeks to Prepare for Combat: Instruction and Practices from the Fight Books at the End of the Middle Ages, a Note on Ritualised Single Combats
- The Body of the Condottiero A Link Between Physical Pain and Military Virtue as it was Interpreted in Renaissance Italy
- Two Kinds of War? Brutality and Atrocity in Later Medieval Scotland
- Logistics and Food Supply in the Crònica of Ramon Muntaner
- Summary and Conclusions: Silent Men and the Art of Fighting
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783837637830
- 3837637832
- OCLC:
- 1023979203
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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