Medieval and modern civil wars : a comparative perspective / edited by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Hans Jacob Orning.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958- editor.

Orning, Hans Jacob, editor.

Series:

History of Warfare ; 135.

History of Warfare ; 135

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war--Scandinavia--History.

Civil war.

Scandinavia--History--To 1397.

Scandinavia.

Scandinavia--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

Most medieval historians have explained the 'civil wars' in Scandinavia in the 12th and 13th centuries as internal conflicts within a predominantly national and implicitly state-centered politico-constitutional framework. This book argues that the conflicts during this period should be viewed as less disruptive, less internal and less state-centered than in previous research. It does so through six articles comparing the civil wars in Scandinavia with civil wars in Afghanistan and Guinea-Bissau in the last decades, applying theories and perspectives from anthropology and political science. Finally, four articles discuss civil wars in a broader perspective. Contributors are Ebrahim Afsah, Gerd Althoff, Jenny Benham, John Comaroff, Hans Jacob Orning, Frederik Rosén, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Henrik Vigh, Helle Vogt, Stephen D. White, and Øyvind Østerud.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Copyright page

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and Hans Jacob Orning

Chapter 1 Constant Crisis / Hans Jacob Orning and Henrik Vigh

Chapter 2 Who Is the Enemy? Multipolar Micropolitics / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and Henrik Vigh

Chapter 3 Sverris Saga : A Manifesto for a New Political Order / Hans Jacob Orning and Frederik Rosén

Chapter 4 The War, and What Is Mine: Private Ownership in the Civil Wars in Norway and Denmark in the High Middle Ages / Frederik Rosén and Helle Vogt

Chapter 5 The Contingent State between Ideal and Practice / Ebrahim Afsah and Jenny Benham

Chapter 6 Peace: How to Stop Fighting, Win Friends, and Influence People / Ebrahim Afsah and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

Chapter 7 Re-thinking "Rebellion" and "Civil War" in Medieval England: The War of the Son against the Father (1173-74) / Stephen D. White

Chapter 8 The Formation of Trust: On the History of an Elementary Category of Peacebuilding / Gerd Althoff

Chapter 9 The Rise and Fall of the Leviathan: A Juxtaposition of Pre-state and Post-state Wars / Øyvind Østerud

Chapter 10 Reflections on the Political Theology of Conflict: From Medieval Scandinavia to the Global Future / John Comaroff

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-46398-4

OCLC:

1260691050

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004463981 DOI